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.
About 60 swimmers diving or preparing to dive into ocean from 3 small boats, men from foreground boat, women from midground boat, possibly mixed group from background boat, with about 5 other boats in the group, 2 large ships in right background, 4 canoes in left background
Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 14, 1933, Gordon Warner Annexes One-Mile Ocean Swim, Troy Paddler Edges Out Herman Smith in Second Annual Red Cross Event; 114 Entered
Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 14, 1933, Gordon Warner Annexes One-Mile Ocean Swim, Troy Paddler Edges Out Herman Smith in Second Annual Red Cross Event; 114 Entered
This is a photograph of young swimmer Marion Himmelstein (later, Marion Ferguson), considered as one of the best girl swimmers to be trained in Southern California. During the time of this photograph, she belonged to the Club Casa Del Mar. In the picture, Marion is smiling into the camera, preparing to dive off a board into the pool below.
Swimmer Dorothy Poynton smiles at the camera while sitting on a desk with her hands on her lap. Dorothy Poynton-Hill was an American diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she won the silver medal in the 3 meter springboard competition. Four years later she won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform event. In 1936 she won the gold medal in the 10 meter platform competition as well as the bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard event.
Swimmer Dorothy Poynton smiles at the camera while sitting on a desk with her hands on her lap. Dorothy Poynton-Hill was an American diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she won the silver medal in the 3 meter springboard competition. Four years later she won the gold medal in the 10 meter platform event. In 1936 she won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform competition as well as the bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard event.
This is a picture of American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm in a pool. She is wearing the swimsuit of the 1932 Olympics swim team, with a stars-and-stripes patch on the front.