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Californians who couldn't wait to take the plunge

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Order Number	00085378
Title	Californians who couldn't wait to take the plunge
Photographer	Mullen, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b035_f1_i3
Date	1983
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Description	Photograph caption dated January 2, 1983 reads, "On the first day of the rest of 1983, the young, the old, and the hardy betrayed an eagerness to enter one great trackless ocean or another. At Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, more than 200 members of the Polar Bear Club raced across the sands to meet membership requirements by bathing in the wintry waters of the Pacific, which yesterday registered 49 degrees Fahrenheit."
Subject	Polar Bear Club (Los Angeles, Calif.). Beaches--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles). Swimming--California--Los Angeles. Swimmers--California--Los Angeles. Cabrillo Beach (Los Angeles, Calif.). San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection