Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Possibly related to the article, “Ted Phelps is Beaten by Pearce,” Los Angeles Times, 2 Sept. 1933: 5. Bobby Pearce, left, and Ted Phelps, right, on Lake Ontario facing large crowd gathered for race. British rower Ted Phelps raced Australian Bobby (Henry Robert) Pearce on September 1st on Lake Ontario, Canada. The race attracted a large crowd and followed Bobby Pearce’s Olympic title in Los Angeles the year before. Pearce beat Phelps in all three races, which earned him $5,000 cash and the world championship title. Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] Phelps, Ted Sculler
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