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Description
Mitchell Williams was the winner of the 1927 Portland to Peaks Island swim.
Standing behind him is his wife, Florence Eastman Williams, born in Portland in 1892. Mitchell Williams, also a Portland native, was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. They married in 1912.
About This Item
- Title: Mitchell and Florence Williams, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Peaks Island, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.16114
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- African Americans
- Afro-Americans--Maine--Portland
- Sports--Maine--Portland
- Swimming--Long distance
- Swimming--Maine--Portland
- Swimming--Peaks Island
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