Wrigley Ocean Marathon swimmer on the gang plank of a boat, Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Wrigley Ocean Marathon swimmer on the gang plank of a boat, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created: January 15, 1927
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of a Wrigley Ocean Marathon swimmer rescued from the cold water of the Catalina Channel standing on the gang plank of a boat covered with a blanket. Spectators watch from either side of the gang plank.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Swimmers--California
Long distance swimming--California--Santa Catalina Island Region
Wrigley Ocean Marathon
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_1531
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dc0xz
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .