Sails only ornaments

Elsie Ferguson II, daughter of stage actress Elsie Ferguson and contest winner, is seen with two unnamed competitors during a boat race in the swimming pool of the ocean liner Santa Rosa. Although the boats had sails, propulsion came from paddling.

Publication date: 1933-10-22

Size: 18.6 x 9.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• New York (N.Y.)

Subject(s):

• Boats--American--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940
• Ferguson, Elsie
• Rowing races--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940
• Swimming pools--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 22, 1933), p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)