GBB-F-004707-0000 1926, july, USA : The celebrated swimmer and movie actor JOHNNY WEISSMULLER (Chicago 1904 - Acapulco, Mexico 1984) at National Swimming Contest for Men at the Sesquicentennial Lake (Philadelphia) won the 440-Yard Free-Style Championship on the first day. Photo from the illustrated magazine MID-WEEK PICTORIAL, 5 august 1926 (New York, USA). From 1933 the famous actor in TARZAN, THE APE MAN by W. S. Van Dyke. Before her TARZAN role was 5 times Olimpian champion for swimming (3 golden medals in Paris 1924 and 2 in Amsterdam 1928), for 51 times world records of his category Credit: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Collection: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari Object type: digital image Photographic technique: P digital image Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 3045 X 5752 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 25 X 48 Image sizes (MB): 6.74 Color space: RGB