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Farid Simaika, 1928 Olympic diver, in a pike position during the flight of a dive, between 1928-1929

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Title: Farid Simaika, 1928 Olympic diver, in a pike position during the flight of a dive, between 1928-1929
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1928-1939]
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.
Photograph of Farid Simaika, 1928 Olympic diver, in a pike position during the flight of a dive. A grand stand with spectators in visible beyond.
Farid Simaika was an Olympic diver who was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He won a silver medal for platform diving at the 1928 Olympics. Later he performed in the Billy Rose Aquacades and was a stunt double in the 1931 film Seas Beneath.
Handwritten on negative: Farid Sanika [sic]
Text from negative sleeve: Sanika [sic], Farid
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11520
ark:/21198/zz002h9kc7
Subject: Divers
Simaika, Farid, 1907-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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