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Order Number	00098646
Title	Buster Crabbe
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 2276
Date	1930
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Crabbe was a winning olympian who competed in both 1928 (bronze medalist for the 1,500 metres freestyle) and 1932 (gold medalist for the 400 metres freestyle). In the 1950s, he was a popular film and television actor, who portrayed such characters as Tarzan and Buck Rogers.
Description	Buster Crabbe poses in a LAAC (Los Angeles Athletic Club) swimming suit next to the silver trophy he won for the second annual one-mile rough-water swim held on May 10, 1930. The swim started in Santa Monica at the Deauville Beach Club and finished at the Sea Breeze Club. Photograph dated July 8, 1930.
Subject	Crabbe, Buster,--1908-1983. Crabbe, Buster,--1908-1983--Awards. Swimmers--Awards--United States. Swimmers--United States. Awards--California--Santa Monica. Swimming pools--California--Santa Monica. Olympic athletes--United States. Television actors and actresses--United States. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Portrait photographs
Coverage	1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930
Format	Photographic prints
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