U. S. Coast Guard monitors the first annual Times Pre-Olympic Swim, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

U. S. Coast Guard monitors the first annual Times Pre-Olympic Swim, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

[September 1, 1929]

Date

1929-09-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

At center, the U.S. Coast Guard ship, CG-257, sits on the water while monitoring a swim event. It is viewed from its port side and faces towards the left. Its identification marking, "CG-257," is scrolled along the hull towards the bow. A few sailors man the small vessel. One sailor stands atop the boat's cabin and waves a flag. On the horizon at far left, a lighthouse is visible.
Related to the article, "FAVORITES TRIUMPH IN PRE-OLYMPIC EVENTS: Austin Clapp Beats Spence for Second," Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 1929: A9

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: LAT Promotion/Swim Meet (2) 9/1/29

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

United States. Coast Guard

Location

Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Government vessels--American--California--Los Angeles
Swimming--California--Los Angeles
Racing--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles
Marines (Visual works)
Sailors--American--California--Los Angeles