Names: Young, George, 1910-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: George Young, 17-year-old swimmer from Toronto, won the Wrigley Ocean Marathon swim from Catalina Island to Point Vicente, along the California coast. The 22 mile swim took him 15 hours and 44 minutes and earned him a $25,000 prize. Margaret C. Hauser of Long Beach and Martha Stager of Portland, Oregon also swam the marathon but did not finish.
Date:: January 17, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “George young Conquers Channel in Prize Race; Two Girls Get Awards,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan 1927: 1.
Date:: January 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “George young Conquers Channel in Prize Race; Two Girls Get Awards,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan 1927: 1.
Date:: January 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: George Young, 17-year-old swimmer from Toronto, won the Wrigley Ocean Marathon swim from Catalina Island to Point Vicente, along the California coast. The 22 mile swim took him 15 hours and 44 minutes and earned him a $25,000 prize. Margaret C. Hauser of Long Beach and Martha Stager of Portland, Oregon also swam the marathon but did not finish.
Date:: January 17, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of George Young, winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, receiving a check for $25,000 from William Wrigley, Jr. (left, in hat) as Sid Grauman looks on (right). A photographer is in the foreground (left).
Date:: January 17, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Spectators watch as George Young is brought ashore. His trainer, Henry O’Byrne, stands at the far left.
Date:: January 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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