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The original captioner of this photograph spelled Duke Kahanamoku's name wrong. He's a surfing legend and also was an Olympic swimmer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Kahanamoku According to books.google.com/books?id=I3d6z8ftI94C&pg=PA33&lp... Lew Henderson was his manager. According to: www.utahsphotographer.com/hawaii/duke.html Vincent Genoves was also a swimmer from Hawaii, but he did not make the 1912 Olympic team like Kahanamoku did.

Thanks for the information and for including your source. The spelling in the original caption could easily have been wrong. We’ll look into it. (It won't change right away because we need to keep the information we show here in Flickr and in our own catalog (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html) in sync.)

Well blow my head of lew g. Henderson is my ancester :o

Here's a little more information on this quartet.. They left Hawaii on February 12, 1012, smothered in leis, heading for the olympic trials."Accompanying Duke was another Olympic hopeful, the distance swimmer, Vincent "Zen" Genoves, as well as the expedition manager, Lew Henderson, and last minute addition, E.K. "Dude" Miller. " 100 Years Ago Today - Duke Leaves Hawaii It was on this day, February 7th, in 1912 that Duke Kahanamoku left Hawaii for the first time. He was on his way to the Olympic Trials on the mainland. Duke had recently smashed swimming records at the Amateur Athletic Union's first swim meet in the Territory of Hawaii and much hope was being placed on sending Duke to the mainland to represent Hawaii. “It would be a good thing for Hawaii from an advertising standpoint if Kahanamoku were sent to San Francisco to take part in the trials. Win or lose, he can be relied on to make a credible showing” – H.M. Ayres, sportswriter for The Hawaiian Star, January 4th 1912. Duke and his travelling partners "were literally smothered with leis and were the recipients of countless good wishes from friends and well-wishers." (Hawaiian Star - February 8th, 1912). Accompanying Duke was another Olympic hopeful, the distance swimmer, Vincent "Zen" Genoves, as well as the expedition manager, Lew Henderson, and last minute addition, E.K. "Dude" Miller. "It was decided at the last moment to send Miller along. He knows the boys intimately and can talk Hawaiian, a fact which should be of great help to the expedition as far as Kahanamoku is concerned." It was Duke's first time leaving the islands. Presumably this shot was when they were on the East Coast for Olympic swimming trials there. americanpaddleboard.blogspot.com/2012/02/100-years-ago-to...

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That is one very overloaded train. So sad that most of these men would never return.

Title should be called "Digg - 1940's Style"

Based on the news displayed in the window, this photo was taken on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1940. One of the earthquake news summaries says, "8:45 this morning. More pronounced than the one last Friday morning"; there were 2 earthquakes of note in New England in December 1940, one on the 20th and one on the 24th. 12/20/1940 was a Friday, and with the bit of Santa news also posted, it's definitely the 24th for this photo.

DeRaven, great job!!

William Joseph Hill, one of the best known pop songwriters of that time lost his battle with alcohol abuse and died of heart failure. On Sept 24th, 1940, he performed at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. Also performing at that show; Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, and Johnny Mercer. Three months later, on Christmas Eve, he died of heart failure in a Boston hotel room. He was only 42.

Title: Hey, who took the TV's? "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night..."