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Platt Adams - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Platt Adams - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Olympic track and field athlete Platt Adams participating in a javelin throw event. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

[President Theodore Roosevelt standing with members of the U.S. Olympic team]

[President Theodore Roosevelt standing with members of the U.S. Olympi...

H115366 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maj. J.G. Ritchie, Olympic Champion [tennis]

Maj. J.G. Ritchie, Olympic Champion [tennis]

Public domain photograph related to Olympic games, sport, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Olympic games at Amsterdam, Holland. The finish of the 100 meter dash finals, won by Percy Williams

Olympic games at Amsterdam, Holland. The finish of the 100 meter dash ...

Left to right: Camcourier(?) Frank Wykoff, California; Robert F. McAllister, N.Y.; Jack London, British Guiana; Percy Williams; George Lammers, Germany. J214051 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & U... More

Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / / J. Rivolta.

Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / / J. R...

Poster promoting winter sports, showing four people in bobsled. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1936-1941. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoo... More

Dr. H.E. Stewart Olympic Games - Public domain portrait photograph

Dr. H.E. Stewart Olympic Games - Public domain portrait photograph

A man and a woman standing on a baseball field. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[...] of the third Cavalry who will [represent?] the U.S. in the Olympic games to be held in Europe this summer

[...] of the third Cavalry who will [represent?] the U.S. in the Olymp...

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Olympic fencing team, 32424 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Olympic fencing team, 32424 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the Games of the Xth Olympiad, while contenders from all nations take the Olympic Athlete's Oath]

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the...

J 12157 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 4.

Olympic swimmers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Olympic swimmers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

All nation's rowing teams - Public domain portrait print

All nation's rowing teams - Public domain portrait print

J 12158 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932; DLC/PP-1933:47987.

Joe Walcott Mayo's Cut Plug, for chewing and smoking

Joe Walcott Mayo's Cut Plug, for chewing and smoking

Cigarette card for Mayo's Cut Plug tobacco shows portrait of Frank C. Irons, winner of the broad jump at the 1908 Olympics. Issued by: Mayo Tobacco Works.

In spotlight as A.A.U. opens Golden Jubilee Convention. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Marking its Golden Jubilee, the Amateur Athletic Union today convened for the 50th Anniversary Convention at the Willard Hotel. Sending John J. MaGee, coach of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME., off to an imaginary race, are, left to right. Avery Brudage, president of American Olympic Committee - Lawson Robertson, track and field coach at Univ. of Penna. - Judge Samuel E. Hoyt, president of A.A.U. - and Charles Gevecker, member of A.A.U. Boxing Committee

In spotlight as A.A.U. opens Golden Jubilee Convention. Washington, D....

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jos. Waitzer - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Jos. Waitzer - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Josef Waitzer (1884-1966) (right), a German athlete who competed in the javelin throw, discus throw and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

American Olympic team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

American Olympic team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Crown Prince Sweden and English football players

Crown Prince Sweden and English football players

Photo shows Crown Prince Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) talking with soccer players in stadium at the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from dat... More

Trials for Oriental Olympic Games

Trials for Oriental Olympic Games

Photograph shows men running a race in trials for games known after 1915 as the Far Eastern Championship Games. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Riggin & Ederle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Riggin & Ederle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Aileen Muriel Riggin, also known as Aileen Soule, and Gertrude Caroline Ederle (1906-2003), American competitive swimmers and Olympic champions. (Source: Flickr Commons, May 2016) Title and dat... More

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the Games of the Xth Olympiad, while contenders from all nations take the Olympic Athlete's Oath]

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the...

J 12155 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 2.

Helen Stephens in action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Helen Stephens, the Olympic champion in action. The 18 year old champ tried to break the record for the 200 meter record here in Washington

Helen Stephens in action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Hele...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The "Olympic Gateway" arch and male and female statues at the entrance to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

The "Olympic Gateway" arch and male and female statues at the entrance...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Oliver Kirk, American boxer and two-time Olympic gold medal winner]

[Oliver Kirk, American boxer and two-time Olympic gold medal winner]

Public domain photograph related to Olympic games, sport, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Send off of Olympic Athletes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Send off of Olympic Athletes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Olympia, where the original Olympic games were held

Olympia, where the original Olympic games were held

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Mr. Scull. Data: Jr. RC album. Classification: General. Gift; American National R... More

[The finish of the 400 meter relay at the 1928 Olympic Games, Amsterdam - won by U.S.]

[The finish of the 400 meter relay at the 1928 Olympic Games, Amsterda...

No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Olympic Games 1928; Sports Track; Shelf.

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, July 30, 1932, opening day of the Games of the Xth Olympiad]

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, July 30, 1932, opening d...

J 12152 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / / J. Rivolta.

Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / / J. R...

Poster promoting winter sports, showing four people in bobsled. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1936-1941. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoo... More

Olympic boxers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Olympic boxers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Image shows 1924 American Olympic Boxing Team (Source: Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia, 2009)

G.T. Kirby & wife, Mrs. L.R. Guggenheim, Com'r Stover

G.T. Kirby & wife, Mrs. L.R. Guggenheim, Com'r Stover

Photo shows Gustavus Town Kirby (far left), President of the Amateur Athletic Union and president of the American Olympic Committee for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and Charles Bunstein Stover (1861-1929), Parks... More

Tell S. Berna - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Tell S. Berna - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows American athlete Tell Schirnding Berna (1891-1975) of Cornell University who competed in the 1912 Olympics. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

El Quafi of South Africa winning the Olympic marathon for France, 1928

El Quafi of South Africa winning the Olympic marathon for France, 1928

Runner El Quafi crossing finishing line, Amsterdam, Holland. J214058 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. 1725.

The Village at Squaw Valley, a year-round Sierra Mountain resort in Olympic Valley, west of Tahoe City, California

The Village at Squaw Valley, a year-round Sierra Mountain resort in Ol...

Best known for skiing and snowboarding, Squaw Valley was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More

[President Theodore Roosevelt standing with members of the U.S. Olympic team]

[President Theodore Roosevelt standing with members of the U.S. Olympi...

H115366 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kahanamoku in Olympic - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Kahanamoku in Olympic - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G.T. Kirby & wife, Mrs. L.R. Guggenheim, Com'r Stover

G.T. Kirby & wife, Mrs. L.R. Guggenheim, Com'r Stover

Photo shows Gustavus Town Kirby (far left), President of the Amateur Athletic Union and president of the American Olympic Committee for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and Charles Bunstein Stover (1861-1929), Parks... More

Lewis Tewanima - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Lewis Tewanima - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Hopi American long distance runner and Olympic medal winner Louis Tewanima (1888-1969) after winning a marathon in New York City, May 6, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Time... More

Irving Brokaw & Hala Kosloff [dancing on ice]

Irving Brokaw & Hala Kosloff [dancing on ice]

Photograph shows Olympic skater Irving Brokaw with skater Hala Kosloff of Riga, Russia (now Latvia). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Irving Brokaw & Hala Kosloff dancing on ice

Irving Brokaw & Hala Kosloff dancing on ice

Photograph shows Olympic skater Irving Brokaw with skater Hala Kosloff of Riga, Russia (now Latvia). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. For... More

Olympic fencing team, 3/24/24 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Olympic fencing team, 3/24/24 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports team, group of people in uniform, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

F. Morgan Taylor winning first semi-finals of 400 meters hurdles

F. Morgan Taylor winning first semi-finals of 400 meters hurdles

Olympic games at Amsterdam in 1928. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph related to Olympic games, sport, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County,...

Significance: The Rose Bowl stadium is of outstanding significant in the history of American recreation as the long-term site of the oldest and most renowned post-season college football "bowl" game. The Rose ... More

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County,...

Significance: The Rose Bowl stadium is of outstanding significant in the history of American recreation as the long-term site of the oldest and most renowned post-season college football "bowl" game. The Rose ... More

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County,...

Significance: The Rose Bowl stadium is of outstanding significant in the history of American recreation as the long-term site of the oldest and most renowned post-season college football "bowl" game. The Rose ... More

Send off of Olympic Athletes - Public domain portrait photograph

Send off of Olympic Athletes - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified da... More

[British freestyle relay swim team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1912]

[British freestyle relay swim team that won the Olympic gold medal in ...

4 girls in swimming suits and woman standing in middle. Title from information published in Time Out London and BBC News. Title transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item was: "Champion Austra... More

Warren Kealoha, Hawaiian olympic swimmer at Tidal Basin, [Washington, D.C.], 8/7/24

Warren Kealoha, Hawaiian olympic swimmer at Tidal Basin, [Washington, ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the Games of the Xth Olympiad, while contenders from all nations take the Olympic Athlete's Oath]

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the...

J 12156 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 3.

Fencing before the king of Greece / A. Castaigne.

Fencing before the king of Greece / A. Castaigne.

Audience watching fencing match, Olympic games, Greece, 1896. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Olympic games of 1896" by Pierre de Co... More

J.G. Smith, Lily Smith, Walter Brickett

J.G. Smith, Lily Smith, Walter Brickett

Photo shows Walter Brickett (on right) British Olympic Swimming coach in 1908 and 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from d... More

Olympic swimmers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Olympic swimmers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified da... More

Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt [i.e., Kiviat]

Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt [i.e., Kiviat]

Photo shows members of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm including Ralph Waldo Rose (1884-1913), Patrick Joseph McDonald (McDonnell) (1887-1954), Matthew John McGrath (1... More

Prince William - Crown Prince, King Sweden at Olympic games

Prince William - Crown Prince, King Sweden at Olympic games

Photo shows (left to right) Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Norway (1884-1965), Duke of Sd̐ermanland; Crown Prince Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) with their father King Gustav V at the 1912 Summer Olympic G... More

Ralph Craig, George Grantham Bain Collection

Ralph Craig, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Ralph Craig (1889-1972), a University of Michigan graduate who won two gold medals as a sprinter in the 1912 summer Olympics in Stockholm. (Source: Flickr commons project) Forms part of: George Gran... More

[Miss Catherwood of Canada doing the high jump in the Olympic Games at Amsterdam, Holland]

[Miss Catherwood of Canada doing the high jump in the Olympic Games at...

J214050 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Woman Canada; BI; Olympic Games; Shelf.

Jesse Owens - Public domain portrait print

Jesse Owens - Public domain portrait print

Reproduction of photograph in "Die Olympischen Spiele, 1936" p.27, 1936. "Jesse Owens at start of record breaking 200 meter race." This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

All nation's rowing teams - Public domain portrait print

All nation's rowing teams - Public domain portrait print

J 12158 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932; DLC/PP-1933:47987.

J.G. Smith, Lily Smith, Walter Brickett

J.G. Smith, Lily Smith, Walter Brickett

Photo shows Walter Brickett (on right) British Olympic Swimming coach in 1908 and 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Pat McDonald examines tape - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Pat McDonald examines tape - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Patrick Joseph McDonald (McDonnell) (1887-1954), a member of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

110 metre race - Olympic Games - 1912

110 metre race - Olympic Games - 1912

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...

Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dr. H.E. Stewart Olympic Games - Public domain portrait photograph

Dr. H.E. Stewart Olympic Games - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Coll... More

J. Ira Courtney - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

J. Ira Courtney - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows John Ira Courtney (1889-1968), a member of the American track and field team at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt i.e., Kiviat

Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt i.e., Kiviat

Photo shows members of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm including Ralph Waldo Rose (1884-1913), Patrick Joseph McDonald (McDonnell) (1887-1954), Matthew John McGrath (1... More

Gillis, hammer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Gillis, hammer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Duncan Gillis (1883-1965), a Canadian athlete who competed in the Hammer throw in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm Sweden. (Sousrce: Flickr Commons project and databaseOlympics Web site, 2008) ... More

Trials for Oriental Olympic Games

Trials for Oriental Olympic Games

Photograph shows men running a race in trials for games known after 1915 as the Far Eastern Championship Games. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ne... More

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Maj. J.G. Ritchie, Olympic Champion tennis

Maj. J.G. Ritchie, Olympic Champion tennis

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Warren Kealoha, Hawaiian olympic swimmer at Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C., 8724

Warren Kealoha, Hawaiian olympic swimmer at Tidal Basin, Washington, D...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

One of many fitness facilities at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado

One of many fitness facilities at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home to athletes and coaches who they train for the next Olympic Games, the facility is the former home of Ent Air Force Base and the ... More

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ralph Craig - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Ralph Craig - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Ralph Craig (1889-1972), a University of Michigan graduate who won two gold medals as a sprinter in the 1912 summer Olympics in Stockholm. (Source: Flickr commons project)

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Oliver Kirk, American boxer and two-time Olympic gold medal winner

Oliver Kirk, American boxer and two-time Olympic gold medal winner

Current title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the source: Flickr Commons Project, 2008. Title on negative: "Oliver Kirk." Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Con... More

Tewanima (winner), Arquette (came in 5th)

Tewanima (winner), Arquette (came in 5th)

Photo shows Hopi American long distance runner and Olympic medal winner Louis Tewanima (1888-1969) and Mitchell Arquette, member of the cross country team of Carlise Indian School, after marathon in New York Ci... More

Boyle & Bleibtrey, George Grantham Bain Collection

Boyle & Bleibtrey, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Charlotte Duggan Boyle (1899-1990) an American competition swimmer and world record-holder with Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey (1902-1978), an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gol... More

One of many fitness facilities at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado

One of many fitness facilities at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home to athletes and coaches who they train for the next Olympic Games, the facility is the former home of Ent Air Force Base and the ... More

Sculpture in the Carol Grotnes Belk Sculpture Garden at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Sculpture in the Carol Grotnes Belk Sculpture Garden at the U.S. Olymp...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home to athletes and coaches who they train for the next Olympic Games, the facility is the former home of Ent Air Force Base and the ... More

'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunity for the Western news media to lionize dissidents and to play politics'

'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunit...

Cartoon shows Russian nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov being led away in handcuffs (made up of the five Olympic rings) by two burly policemen. In the foreground, Soviet leader Leonid Br... More

Scribner's April - American Art Poster

Scribner's April - American Art Poster

Caption: The olympic games and their revival... Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D42. 1896

100 Meter Swim--Olympic games - Public domain portrait photograph

100 Meter Swim--Olympic games - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified da... More

M.A. Devanney i.e. De Vaney - Public domain portrait photograph

M.A. Devanney i.e. De Vaney - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Olympic athlete Mike DeVaney (1891-1967). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collectio... More

Horses in a corral near Elwha in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula

Horses in a corral near Elwha in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

The  hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

The hundred yard dash - Public domain theatrical script

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Olympic boxers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Olympic boxers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Image shows 1924 American Olympic Boxing Team (Source: Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia, 2009) Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Gr... More

Crown Prince Sweden and English football players

Crown Prince Sweden and English football players

Photo shows Crown Prince Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) talking with soccer players in stadium at the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunity for the Western news media to lionize dissidents and to play politics'

'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunit...

Cartoon shows Russian nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov being led away in handcuffs (made up of the five Olympic rings) by two burly policemen. In the foreground, Soviet leader Leonid Br... More

C.C. Childs, Simon Gillis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

C.C. Childs, Simon Gillis - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows C.C. Childs (1884-1960), American athlete and bronze medal winner in hammer throw at the 1912 Olympics and Simon Peter Gillis (1880-1964), a Canadian-born American athlete who competed in the hammer... More

Jos. Waitzer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Jos. Waitzer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Josef Waitzer (1884-1966) (right), a German athlete who competed in the javelin throw, discus throw and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from data provid... More

Tewanima (winner), Arquette (came in 5th)

Tewanima (winner), Arquette (came in 5th)

Photo shows Hopi American long distance runner and Olympic medal winner Louis Tewanima (1888-1969) and Mitchell Arquette, member of the cross country team of Carlise Indian School, after marathon in New York Ci... More

... of the third Cavalry who will represent? the U.S. in the Olympic games to be held in Europe this summer

... of the third Cavalry who will represent? the U.S. in the Olympic g...

A group of men in uniform posing for a picture, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range.... More

Helen Stephens in action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Helen Stephens, the Olympic champion in action. The 18 year old champ tried to break the record for the 200 meter record here in Washington

Helen Stephens in action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Hele...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helen Stephens in action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Helen Stephens, the Olympic champion in action. The 18 year old champ tried to break the record for the 200 meter record here in Washington

Helen Stephens in action, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Hele...

A black and white photo of a man running on a track, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date (year) based on date of negatives in... More

Fencing before the king of Greece / A. Castaigne.

Fencing before the king of Greece / A. Castaigne.

Audience watching fencing match, Olympic games, Greece, 1896. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Olympic games of 1896" by Pierre de Co... More

Platt Adams, George Grantham Bain Collection

Platt Adams, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Olympic track and field athlete Platt Adams participating in a javelin throw event. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More

Army rifle shooting, Olympic games

Army rifle shooting, Olympic games

Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified da... More

English football team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

English football team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows the English football (soccer) team at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and similar photograph in "Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics," Wikipedia)

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