About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0475
  • TitleEleanor Holm
  • SummaryCaption: "Eleanor Holm (1913) won fame as a backstroke swimmer in the 1930's. She held 12 national titles and won the 100-meter backstroke race the 1932 Olympics,. She was born in Brooklyn."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 11 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectHolm, Eleanor, 1913-2004 ; Swimmers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Holm, Eleanor