Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Mute, Halt and Blind in C.N.E. swim. Representing four different types of affliction, the quartet shown ABOVE are entered in the 15 mile C.N.E. swim m(...)
Mute, Halt and Blind in C.N.E. swim. Representing four different types of affliction, the quartet shown ABOVE are entered in the 15 mile C.N.E. swim m(...)

Mute, Halt and Blind in C.N.E. swim. Representing four different types of affliction, the quartet shown ABOVE are entered in the 15 mile C.N.E. swim m(...)

Date8/30/1932
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Mute; Halt and Blind in C.N.E. swim. Representing four different types of affliction; the quartet shown ABOVE are entered in the 15 mile C.N.E. swim marathon to-morrow and were successfully passed at he medical examination held esterday. With the other 325 swimmers they are out after the $7;500 prize that goes with the honor of being first across the finish line. They are as follows: (1) John Mazorkas; 21; deaf mute who hails from Pennsylvania.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098327F
Toby Fobin in C.N.E. swim
Toby Fobin in C.N.E. swim
8/13/1934
Weds if a winner. Wedding bells will ring for For William's Ted Sorensen if he come in the money at the C.N.E. swim to-day. The six-foot marathone car(...)
Weds if a winner. Wedding bells will ring for For William's Ted Sorensen if he come in the money at the C.N.E. swim to-day. The six-foot marathone car(...)
8/31/1932
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
All in at once for big C.N.E. Swim, Splash, and 80 men plunge for the 10-mile marathon swim at Ex - $ 350 has brought entries from all over the continent, hibition Park to-day
8/31/1937
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
4/21/1972
The mermaids and mermen are busily preparing for the C.N.E. marathon grind this year
The mermaids and mermen are busily preparing for the C.N.E. marathon grind this year
8/18/1934
Ernst Vierkoetter, who rose to fame and fortune overnight when in 1927 he churned his way through the icy water of Lake Ontario to win the first C.N.E(...)
Ernst Vierkoetter, who rose to fame and fortune overnight when in 1927 he churned his way through the icy water of Lake Ontario to win the first C.N.E(...)
8/15/1936
Another lake swimmer is 11-year-old Maria Myslik who swam Lake Dalrymple on the day Cindy Nicholas conquered Lake Ontario. It is only about 3 miles, but it's a fair swim, she says proudly
Another lake swimmer is 11-year-old Maria Myslik who swam Lake Dalrymple on the day Cindy Nicholas conquered Lake Ontario. It is only about 3 miles, but it's a fair swim, she says proudly
8/27/1974
Wins third world's championship-Marvin Nelson as he came out of the water the winner of th e15-mile marathon swim for the world's championship and a p(...)
Wins third world's championship-Marvin Nelson as he came out of the water the winner of th e15-mile marathon swim for the world's championship and a p(...)
9/1/1934
In training for a 35-to-50-mile swim of Lake Ontario, nurse Pat Stoffels gets pointers from her coach, Richard Lough, yesterday at the Fitness Institu(...)
In training for a 35-to-50-mile swim of Lake Ontario, nurse Pat Stoffels gets pointers from her coach, Richard Lough, yesterday at the Fitness Institu(...)
4/22/1975
Marathon Swim C.N.E. Toronto, Ontario
Marathon Swim C.N.E. Toronto, Ontario
1930
Training to swim Lake Ontario next month, 18-year-old Joe Schnittker of Oakville swims in Oakville harbor under the watchful eyes of his coach, Jim Cl(...)
Training to swim Lake Ontario next month, 18-year-old Joe Schnittker of Oakville swims in Oakville harbor under the watchful eyes of his coach, Jim Cl(...)
7/15/1975
Tobblers get in the swim. Oshawa youngsters can learn to swim early, thanks to the recreation department's two swimming pools and its programs for mot(...)
Tobblers get in the swim. Oshawa youngsters can learn to swim early, thanks to the recreation department's two swimming pools and its programs for mot(...)
3/3/1975