Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. George Young is laying on a stretcher covered in blankets. His trainer Henry O’Byrne, left, has his hand on Young’s shoulder. 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, “George young Conquers Channel in Prize Race; Two Girls Get Awards,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan 1927: 1. Handwritten on negative: Geo. Young, winner in charter, and H. O’Byrne trainer on left. Text from negative sleeve: Yong, Geo. (no contact print made
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