Boats and swimmers in Isthmus Cove at the start of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Santa Catalina Island, 1927

Item Overview

Title

Boats and swimmers in Isthmus Cove at the start of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Santa Catalina Island, 1927

Date Created

January 15, 1927

Date

1926-01-15

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of boats and swimmers with their heads just visible above the water in Isthmus Cove at the start of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, Santa Catalina Island. A boat in the center carries the identification placard for swimmer number 39 (Hjalmer J. Johnson, who resided at 2832 Kerskhoff Avenue, San Pedro, Calif.). The name of the larger boat on the left is partially visible as "...Patrick." During the marathon swim, a boat with a swim coach and at least one official observer followed each participant.
The swimmers are identified, with with their registration numbers and home addresses, in The Catalina Islander, 12 Jan. 1927: 5.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)

Longitude

33.442149

Latitude

-118.497784

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Boats--American--California--Santa Catalina Island
Swimmers--California--Santa Catalina Island
Long distance swimming--California--Santa Catalina Island Region
Wrigley Ocean Marathon
Isthmus Cove (Santa Catalina Island)