Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal winner, posing for a dive, Los Angeles, 1924

Title: Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal winner, posing for a dive, Los Angeles, 1924
Date Created: May 17, 1924
Date: 1924-05-17
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Mariechen M. Wehselau (later Jackson) was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and silver medal in the 100 m freestyle event.
Mariechen M. Wehselau posing on a concrete platform for a dive, with 2 men in suits watching from the background. Wehselau, from Honolulu, was in Los Angeles for exhibition swims en route to the Olympic tryouts in New York on June 7-8.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Mariechen Wehselau
Text from negative sleeve: Wehselan, Mariechen, swimmer, 1924

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Olympic Games (8th : 1924 : Paris, France)
Wehselau, Mariechen M., 1906-1992
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sports
People
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4299
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cq2mb
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