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Description
Elsie Lewsey of Montreal and Cushing's Island poses with two trophies won for her second-place finish in the inaugural Peaks to Portland swim in 1927. Lewsey, the only woman to complete the race, finished in two hours and twenty-four and a half minutes.
Lewsey was born in 1905. She was a member of the Montreal YWCA and their water polo team.
About This Item
- Title: Elsie Lewsey posing with Peaks to Portland swim trophies, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927-08-06
- Subject Date: 1927-08-06
- Location: Peaks Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.16112
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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