World's top woman Marathon swimmer is the aim of 19-year-old Loreen Passfield

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World's top woman Marathon swimmer is the aim of 19-year-old Loreen Passfield

Date8/9/1977

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Passfield, Loreen (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: World's top woman Marathon swimmer is the aim of 19-year-old Loreen Passfield this year as she practises in Lake Ontario for her challenge of English Channel in September. [Incomplete]

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072670F

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