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Helene Madison in swimsuit, Washington State, ca. 1929-1932
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| Title | Helene Madison in swimsuit, Washington State, ca. 1929-1932 |
| Photographer | Gorst, Vern C., 1876-1953 |
| Date | ca. 1929-1932 |
| Notes | PH Coll 810.L6 |
| Contextual Notes | Helene Madison (1913-1970) was an Olympic medal-winning freestyle swimmer who began swimming as a child in Seattle Parks Department classes at Greenlake. She also trained with coach Ray Daughters at the Moore Hotel pool at the Washington Athletic Club. By age 19 Madison had broken 117 U.S. and world freestyle swimming records and went on to win three gold medals for the United States in the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Two Seattle pools were named in her honor: the Washington Athletic Club's Helene Madison Pool and the Helene Madison Pool at 13401 Meridian Ave N. Madison died in her Greenlake apartment in 1970. She was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame in 1992.
A Pacific Northwest adventurer and transportation pioneer, Vern Centennial Gorst was born on August 18, 1876 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1888, the Gorst family relocated to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. From an early age, Gorst displayed an entrepreneurial spirit and a fascination with transportation. He began his first transportation business at age 13, moving chickens across Port Orchard bay using a log raft he had constructed himself. As a young man, Gorst spent several successful years prospecting in Alaska during the gold rush. Later he returned to Puget Sound to invest his gold earnings in the arena of transportation. Over the next several decades, Gorst set to work building a number of transportation companies, with his focus eventually shifting to aviation when, at age 38, he became a self-taught pilot. In 1925, Gorst's interest in flying won him a bid for the first contracted airmail service between Seattle and Los Angeles, and Pacific Air Transport was born. Gorst continued to be an entrepreneur of aviation, starting Seattle Flying Service in 1928, and creating other airline companies including Gorst Air Transport in 1929, Barnes and Gorst Air Mail, and Victoria Air Mail. Vern Gorst died in Portland, Oregon in 1953. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Swimmers--Washington (State) ; Bathing suits--Washington (State) |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Madison, Helene, 1913-1970 |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Society and Culture Collection
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| Order Number | SOC1478
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Vern C. Gorst photographs. PH Coll 810 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2009. |
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