MERCEDES GLEITZE
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![Mercedes (circa 1928)]()
Mercedes (circa 1928)
ButtonGleitze archive (unknown photographer)
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![A North Channel attempt, 1928.]()
A North Channel attempt, 1928.
ButtonPhotograph: The Northern Whig and Belfast Post
(The British Library Newspaper Archives/Gleitze archive)
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![Mercedes in open water attempt]()
Mercedes
ButtonGleitze archive
(Unknown photographer)
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![Mercedes drinking a cup of tea in the water]()
A welcome drink!
ButtonPhotograph: The Northern Whig and Belfast Post
(British Library Newspaper Archives/Gleitze archive)
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![Mercedes wearing a swimming hat]()
The swimming hat! (circa 1927)
Button(Unknown photographer)
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![Mercedes with her pilot, Harry Sharp, at Folkestone.]()
Mercedes with her pilot, Harry Sharp, at Folkestone.
Button(Stanley Sharp collection)
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![Mercedes preparing for a swim (unidentified beach)]()
Preparing for a swim (unidentified beach)
Button(Gleitze archive)
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![Studio portrait signed by Scottish and Irish support team]()
Studio portrait signed by Scottish and Irish support team
Button(Gleitze archive)
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![Mercedes pictured with a tall man]()
Mercedes (5’2” tall) Height doesn’t determine strength!
Button(Gleitze archive)
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![Studio Portrait taken in New Zealand]()
Studio Portrait taken in New Zealand
ButtonReproduced courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand.
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![Mercedes En route to Gibraltar, December 1927]()
En route to Gibraltar, December 1927
ButtonMercedes (on left) and Millie Hudson, photographed with Captain William Adam on board the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd steamship SS Slamat..
Online image: krlmuseum.nl
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![studio portrait of Mercedes]()
Mercedes
ButtonGleitze archive
(Unknown photographer)
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![Sea and land-training in Blackpool, summer 1928.]()
Sea and land-training in Blackpool, summer 1928.
ButtonGleitze Archive (unknown photographer)
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![Sea and land-training in Blackpool, summer 1928.]()
Sea and land-training in Blackpool, summer 1928.
ButtonGleitze Archive (unknown photographer)
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![Mercedes (circa 1925) on a high street]()
Mercedes (circa 1925)
ButtonGleitze archive (unidentified street)
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![Mercedes pictured on a poolside]()
On poolside
Button(Gleitze Archive – unidentified pool)
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![Mercedes on poolside with other swimmers]()
Reproduced courtesy of Yorkshire Evening Post
Button(8 May 1930 edition)
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![Mercedes on poolside with many other swimmers]()
Leicester Mercury, 21 August 1931.
ButtonCaption reads: Miss Mercedes Gleitze visited the Knighton Fields Baths where the Leicester Mercury and Braunstone Adult School Swimming Clubs met last night.
(Reproduced courtesy of the Leicester Mercury)
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![Mercedes in Doornfontein Baths, Johannesburg.]()
Doornfontein Baths, Johannesburg.
ButtonRand Daily Mail, 11 May 1932.
Caption reads: Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the Famous long-distance swimmer, signing autographs for school children at Doornfontein baths yesterday, when she gave a demonstration of her swimming methods. The children are giving their autograph books to Mr J. Patrick Carey (Miss Gleitze’s husband) to obtain a famous signature in novel circumstances.
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![Ellis Park Swimming Baths, Johannesburg Demonstration of swimming methods to local school children]()
Ellis Park Swimming Baths, Johannesburg Demonstration of swimming methods to local school children
Button(Rand Daily Mail, 11 May 1932)
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![Dirt Track Riding Presentation]()
Dirt Track Riding Presentation
Button1929: Mercedes presented the Manchester Evening Chronicle Cup and Golden Helmet to the winner, the Australian track star, A.W. Jervis, at the White City Dirt Track in Manchester.
(Sunday Chronicle image)
“Dirt track riding is certainly a game that calls for grit, accuracy and pluck. A fine sport, interesting and thrilling, although I would enjoy watching it much more if the riders had a greater guarantee of safety.”
(Mercedes Gleitze, Diary of New Zealand Tour, 1930-31)
