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1919, 26 Oct - Harriet Emilia Gade arrives in U.S. from Denmark with brother Jakob
1921, 27 Jun
“Girl Swims 40 Miles Around Manhattan” (Wilmington Morning News)
“Girl Swims 40 Miles; Eats Meals in Water” (Buffalo Enquirer)
“Girl Swims Around Manhattan”/another version (New York Times)
“Girl Swims Around Manhattan Island” (Oakland Tribune)
“Miss Amelia Gade Swam Around Manhattan Island” (Norwich Bulletin)
“Woman Performs Remarkable Feat” (Salt Lake Telegram)
“Woman Swimmer Circles Manhattan” (New York Herald)
1921, Sep
“Girl Swims Here From Albany In 63 Hours, Breaking Record” (New York Tribune)
1926, Aug
“American Mother of Two Conquers English Channel” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Thorough coverage of Corson, her swim, and related news.
“Dover congratulating Mrs Millie Clemmington Corson” (image at Channel Swimming Dover)
“The First Mother and the Channel” (London News)
“First Mother to Swim Channel”(New York Herald Tribune)
“Her Babies and City Welcome Mrs. Corson Home From Channel”(New York Herald Tribune)
“Mother Swims Channel”(New York Herald Tribune)
“$100,000 Offer For Ederle-Gade Catalina Swim”(New York Herald Tribune)
“Mrs. Corson’s Entry Fee For $25,000 Race Posted”(New York Herald Tribune)
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Video
British Pathé
Outtakes from Channel Conquered Again and Well Done Mother
Beaten Only By the Cold (1927)
Channel Swim Season is with Us Again (1927)
Getty Images
Danish Immigration Test
“Indfødsretsprøven 2019 *** Sjove fakta om Danmark *** Mille Gade”
“Immigration Test 2019 *** Fun Facts about Denmark *** Mille Gade,” via indfødsretsprøve.dk (in Danish).
Collections
arkivdk
A central site for searching hundreds of Danish archives.
See Gade, Harriet Emilie images and documents.
BnF: Gallica
Images from the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. All from 1926 except for the first:
In 1921. |
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With Mercedes Gleitze. |
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Last feed—note cliffs in background. |
End of crossing. |
Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives
Channel Swimming Dover
Getty Images
Mrs Clemington Corson as she prepares to swim the English Channel
Corson Swims Channel (also st SUPERSTOCK)