1959 Press Photo Ann Cleary & Patricia Gogins- 17 days aboard a raft

A pair of Midwestern misses who floated down the Mississippi from Minneapolis-St. Paul on a cramped raft and spent one night in New Orleans were headed North today- in a car. Ann Cleary, 23, and Patricia Gogins, 34, took 17 days for the 1900-mile trip on their small raft.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 10 x 8.5 inches.