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Girls at a beach practicing for the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Girls at a beach practicing for the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1927
1927-01
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.
Girls in bathing suits at a Los Angeles beach pretend to practice for the Wrigley Ocean Marathon. Eight girls prone on beach chairs do the crawl stroke as others watch from behind. Many of the spectators hold musical instruments including a clarinet, 2 saxophones, a bass, a violin, a trumpet, a banjo and a drum.
Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Island Channel Swim, 1927
Negative caption: Girl's Practising for Catalina Swim [from image ark no. 21198/zz002dc14j]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1536
ark:/21198/zz002dc131
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Beaches--California--Los Angeles
Wrigley Ocean Marathon
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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