Image / Canadian swimmer George Young conquers Catalina Channel, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Canadian swimmer George Young conquers Catalina Channel, 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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
George Young, 17-year-old swimmer from Toronto, won the Wrigley Ocean Marathon swim from Catalina Island to Point Vicente, along the California coast. The 22 mile swim took him 15 hours and 44 minutes and earned him a $25,000 prize. Margaret C. Hauser of Long Beach and Martha Stager of Portland, Oregon also swam the marathon but did not finish.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Young Riding Tide of Fame,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan 1927: A1.
George Young stands among a crowd after his famous swim across the Catalina Channel.
Handwritten on negative: Geo Young
Text from negative sleeve: Yong, Geo. (no contact print made
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2628
ark:/21198/zz002dcf5v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
Young, George, 1910-1972
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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