Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1918 — FANNY DURACK, WORLD’S PREMIER WOMAN SWIMMER, HAS ARRIVED AT SAN FRANCISCO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FANNY DURACK, WORLD’S PREMIER WOMAN SWIMMER, HAS ARRIVED AT SAN FRANCISCO

Photo shows Fanny Durack, Australian mermaid, when she arrived in San Francisco, accompanied by Mina Wylie. The camera man snapped the group on the pier as they stepped ashore. From left to right: Mina Wylie, champion breast-stroke woman swimmer of the world; Duke Kahanamoku, world’s greatest sprint and Fanny Durack.