Sujet
Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the Channel
Légende
Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the Channel, 1926, (1935). 'Miss Gertrude Ederle [1905-2003], the young American swimmer, was the first woman to swim the Channel [between England and France]. She also established a new record by swimming from France to England on August 6 [1926] in 14 hours 31 minutes, thus beating the previous record by about two hours.' From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]
Date
1935
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F24_030
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
63,6Mo (1,9Mo) / 55,1cm x 28,9cm / 6510 x 3417 (300dpi)