Women Cook Strait swimmers (1st of 3)
Women Cook Strait swimmers (1st of 3)
Lily Copplestone set out to swim Cook Strait in 1929. Although unsuccessful, her attempt attracted considerable public interest, as this photograph taken on Wellington’s waterfront shows.
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Alexander Turnbull Library , S. C. Smith Collection
Reference: 1/2-046117; G
Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
