print, photographic

Name/Title

print, photographic

Entry/Object ID

2014.011.0319

Description

B/W Photograph of a group of young women who were part of an aquatics group that performed at summer festivities in Benicia, like the 49er/Old Timers' Days. The young women were graduates of Benicia High School. An Olympic swimmer taught the girls a routine in one session and they practiced for weeks before the event. Top Row, L-R: Patti Wallace '57, Betty Lou Lewis '56, Patty Long '56, Louella Higginson '57, unknown, unknown, unknown (possibly Helen Ritter), unknown; Front Row, L-R: Carol Pressley '56, Linda Lotfield, Sharon 'Toe' Murray '57, unknown (possibly Judy Reidinger), unknown, Ceda Franklin '57, Norma Haley '56.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection