Tag: Eleanor Holm
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Brooklyn Swimmer Eleanor Holm Addresses Her Removal from Olympic Team for “Alleged Whoopie” (1936)
In September 1936 aboard a boat on which she returned to New York City from Europe, Eleanor Holm (also known as Eleanor Holm Jarrett), a Brooklyn born and raised swimmer, comments about her removal the previous month from the U.S. Olympic team because of what this British newsreel report refers to as “alleged whoopie,” aboard…
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Exclusive Reel: Outtakes from Brooklyn’s Eleanor Holm After Swimmer’s Ban from Olympic Team (1936)
In 1936 in New York, Eleanor Holm, a Brooklyn born and raised swimmer and daughter of a New York City Fire Department officer, comments about her removal from that year’s U.S. Olympic team because of alleged inappropriate behavior aboard the ship en route to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Holm, a 100-meter backstroke gold…
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Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Eleanor Holm Among World’s Fair Performers in New York (1939)
In 1939 at the World’s Fair in the New York City borough of Queens, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Eleanor Holm (on the right in the opening shot), a native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is among the performers at the Aquacade attraction https://youtu.be/jmOUNuuH1Rc