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George Young, winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, receives a check from William Wrigley, Jr., Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: George Young, winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, receives a check from William Wrigley, Jr., Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: January 17, 1927
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of George Young, winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, receiving a check for $25,000 from William Wrigley, Jr. (left, in hat) as Sid Grauman looks on (right). A photographer is in the foreground (left).
Handwritten on negative: Wm Wrigley. geo young. sid grauman.
Text from newspaper caption: Long Green for Long Swim. William Wrigley, Jr. presents George Young with $25,000 check, the prize awarded for the swimming of the Catalina Channel [Photo standalone: "Swim Hero Receives His Reward." Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 1927: A1]
Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1533
ark:/21198/zz002dc10g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Wrigley Ocean Marathon
Young, George, 1910-1972
Grauman, Sid, 1879-1950
Wrigley, William, 1861-1932
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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