Image / Jimmy Cherry sets aquatic endurance record at Bimini Baths, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Jimmy Cherry sets aquatic endurance record at Bimini Baths, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa October 14, 1928]
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
On October 14, 1928, former navy aquatic champion Jimmy Cherry set the endurance record for swimming by remaining in the Bimini Baths outdoor pool for sixty-five hours and two minutes. He was the first man in aquatic history to set a world’s endurance record.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Cherry Breaks Aquatic Mark for Endurance,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct 1928: 11, 13.
Cherry stands at the edge of a pool, in a swim cap, goggle, and swim trunks. A man beside him holds a gun pointed in the air.
Text from negative sleeve: Cherry, Jimmy, Swimmer
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1646
ark:/21198/zz002dc4wc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
Swimming pools--California--Los Angeles
Cherry, Jimmy
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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