MRS. MERCEDES CAREY (nee Gleitze), probably the greatest woman distance swimmer today, has celebrated her marriage by swimming the Dardanelles at the widest part. Mrs. Carey has a number of remarkable distance swims to her credit, including, of course, the English Channel. This picture shows her being taken out of the water after one of her distance swims.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1057, 22 August 1930, Page 7
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58MRS. MERCEDES CAREY (nee Gleitze), probably the greatest woman distance swimmer today, has celebrated her marriage by swimming the Dardanelles at the widest part. Mrs. Carey has a number of remarkable distance swims to her credit, including, of course, the English Channel. This picture shows her being taken out of the water after one of her distance swims. Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1057, 22 August 1930, Page 7
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