Girls at a beach practicing for the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Girls at a beach practicing for the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created: January 1927
Date: 1927-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Girls in bathing suits at a Los Angeles beach pretend to practice for the Wrigley Ocean Marathon. Eight girls prone on beach chairs do the crawl stroke as others watch from behind. Many of the spectators hold musical instruments including a clarinet, 2 saxophones, a bass, a violin, a trumpet, a banjo and a drum.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Island Channel Swim, 1927
Negative caption: Girl's Practising for Catalina Swim [from image ark no. 21198/zz002dc14j]

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_1536
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dc131
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Rights Country: US
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