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Title: Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1932
1932-08
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.
This is a picture of American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm in a pool. She is wearing the swimsuit of the 1932 Olympics swim team, with a stars-and-stripes patch on the front.
Two similar photographs appear with the headline "Beauty Flashes to New World's Record," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1932.
Handwritten on negative: [to the top right] Elinore Holm
Text on negative sleeve: Holm, Elinor [striked out, replaced with handwritten:] Eleanor; Swimmer
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9560
ark:/21198/zz002dhnhq
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
Holm, Eleanor, 1913-2004
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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