Byron Summers, competitor in the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, 1927

Item Overview

Title
Byron Summers, competitor in the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, 1927
Date Created
January 1927
Date
1927-01
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
Byron Summers, competitor in the January marathon Catalina Channel swim, had to stop his swim when overcome by a leg cramp. He won the marathon swim the following April.
Caption
Handwritten on negative: Byron Summers
Text from newspaper caption: Byron Summers
Text from negative sleeve: Summers, Byron. Swimmer, 1927

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names
Summers, Byron
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
People
Sports
Long distance swimming--California--Santa Catalina Island Region
Wrigley Ocean Marathon

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier
uclamss_1429_3168
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002cn1w3
Manifest url
IIIF Manifest

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Rights statement
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Rights contact
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Rights Holder
The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License
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