Crowd surrounding a man curled into a ball being tossed into the air at the Wilson Avenue bathing beach - Chicago Daily News, Inc.

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Title: Crowd surrounding a man curled into a ball being tossed into the air at the Wilson Avenue bathing beach Description: Image of a crowd of mostly young men in bathing costumes surrounding a man curled into a ball being tossed a few feet into the air by a piece of fabric stretched and held up by members of the crowd at the Wilson Avenue bathing beach in Chicago, Illinois. Referred to as "rolling the blanket". Date Depicted: 1922 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Extent: 5 x 7 in. Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: DN-0074606, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum Catalog Record ID: 138968 Max Pixels - Width: 500 Max Pixels - Height: 395 Help improve this content