Women's Fencing Champions at the New York World's Fair

Title: Women's Fencing Champions at the New York World's Fair
Subject: Groups & Teams
Description: Women's Champion Fencers participate in bouts at the New York World's Fair to raise money for the Olympic fund. Competitors included Helena Mroczkowska-Dow, Dorothy Grimmelman, Grace Acel Anderson, Dorothy Kerfoot, Mary Ann Harris, and Barbara Cochrane.

Caption:
World's Fair, N.Y, Sept 15, 1940 -- Leading girl fencing champions took part in a four hour long championship fencing bout today with Helen Mroczkowuka (sp. CK) [sic] National women's fencing champion, Dorothy Grimmelman, former Junior champion, Grace Acel, Interscholastic champ, Dorothy Kerfoot, former novice champion, Mary Ann Harris, former capt., N.Y.U. fencing team, Barbara Cochrane, capt. of the Women's Senior and Junior Fencing team and others took part. Proceeds of the bouts went to the Amateur Fencing League for it's Olympic Fund. Photo Shows --- Women Champions and near champions of the fencing world at the New York World's Far
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: September 1940
Temporal Coverage: 1940s
Contributor: Culver Pictures (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: George Masin Collection
Format: 25.4 x 20.6 cm
Language: English
Type: Photograph
Identifier: 2020.11.061
Spatial Coverage: United States of America; New York; New York (City)
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by George Masin; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Amanda Michael