Nancy Merki (left) and Suzanne Zimmerman each kiss a check of Jack Cody, swim coach for the Multnomah Athletic Club. Merki and Zimmerman, wearing leis, had just returned to Portland from a competition event in Hawaii. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, September 7, 1947 (negative 1 of 3).

Full-length portrait of a man standing in front of a screen with his hands folded behind his back. He is facing front and is wearing a hat, suit, and tie. The name “Jack Cody,” the number 3, and the number 308 are written on the negative and are visible at the top of the image.

Jack Cody walks arm-in-arm with five swimmers from the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, including swimmers Mary Anne Hansen, Nancy Merki, Suzanne Zimmerman, Brenda Helser, and Bernice Lindsay. The women are wearing matching uniforms with a flying “M” logo (negative 1 of 4).

Two swimmers, likely including Suzanne Zimmerman on the right, stand at the edge of a swimming pool with coach Jack Cody, at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland (negative 10 of 12).

Swimmers diving into a pool at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Several swimmers are standing on diving blocks over the water, with another swimmer in between. A coach (Jack Cody?) stands behind looking towards the pool (negative 2 of 4).

Multnomah Athletic Club swimmers with coach Phil Hansel. Taken from above and looking downward, the group is seated on a diving boards at the Multnomah Athletic Club pool. The women are wearing bathing suits with a winged M on the front and Hansel is pointing upward with one hand (negative 6 of 7).