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All set for the big plunge. Swimmers of all shapes and sizes from all parts of this continent and many European countries doffed their clothes at the (...)
All set for the big plunge. Swimmers of all shapes and sizes from all parts of this continent and many European countries doffed their clothes at the (...)

All set for the big plunge. Swimmers of all shapes and sizes from all parts of this continent and many European countries doffed their clothes at the (...)

Date8/30/1933
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Original Toronto Star caption: All set for the big plunge. Swimmers of all shapes and sizes from all parts of this continent and many European countries doffed their clothes at the Canadian National Exhibition this morning in preparation for the 15-mile marathon swim. Here is Jim Mulgannon; Washington; D.C.; swimmer; who hopes to do big things. Helping him with the blankets and coffee and things is his wife.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098350F
Busting waterfront: Boats of all sizes and shapes, from the tourist paddle-wheelers to private sailboats docked in front of city hall, help keep Kingston's business booming
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Atlas minor, or, A new and curicus set of sixty-two maps, in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states in all the known parts of th(...)
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Swimmers in record-setting form
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Off to record: Swimmers in 200-metre freestyle event push off at Etobicoke Olympium last night
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