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FROM THE ARCHIVESep 2, 1921·Bridgeport, Connecticut

NATIONAL WOMENS LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Scanned from The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer, Sep 2, 1921
NATIONAL WOMENS LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Pase Seven Friday Sept 2 1921 CONTESTANTS IN NATIONAL WOMENS LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS CIX D as5s sTobJjsJied 185 7 Monday Labor Day the Store will be Closed Commencing Tuesday the sixth the store will close every day at 6 oclock Make your last selections on Saturday for Furniture at August Sale Prices THE BRTDfrrTPORT TIMES w Read co i in mm i. I I i 1 r inlWIMwW I t mmmmMmm lln. I MMII I j. I 1 k 1 The above picture shows some of the aquatic stars that competed in the three and a half mile cham pionship race for women held off Brighton Beach N Y Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey was the winner with Char lotte Boyle second and Margaret Woodbridge third.

In winning the race Miss Bleibtrey lowered the worlds record for the distance. The picture shows from left to right standing Ethel Baker Josephine StarKey Blanche MacFarland Helen Briscoe Frances Cooney Georgia Wilson Alice Lord Margaret Woodbridge Charlotte Boyle Ethelda Bleibtrey Helen Meany Evelyn Summers Verona Kane and Grace McCully Seated from left to right Louise Davidson Alice Flynn Eileen Riggin Katherine Browne 11 years of age Lillian Stoddard Julia Marmorstein 10 years of age Lonnie.

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