Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon, After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto peo(...)

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Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon, After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto peo(...)

Date8/31/1934

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Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Seventy-Two Swimmers plunge in water at 58 degrees for 15-mile marathon; After two postponements that have tried swimmers' nerves and kept Toronto people on edge for three days; nearly four score of the world's foremost long-distance swimmers plunged into.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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