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Not necessarily very old
This is from 1924 in Chamonix
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Oslo Olympics
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Cortina 1956
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No kid you take the stairs and you carry your own skis
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French athletes in Chamonix 1924
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1956 - 825 athletes
2026 - 2871 athletes
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SOVL
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We need to bring bobsled back to this without the autistic german engineering
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agreed, such a nice atmosphere
Now for some 1928 St. Moritz
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Just reminds me of what things can be like here if it ever freezes.
Being out on the ice, on a sunny day, it feels so good.
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I have not skated a lot, last time was 2012-13 and we had ice some time after that too but not a lot, unfortunately it just doesn't get cold enough.
But it's a lot of fun, usually there's a lot of people out and everyone is nice. Being out in nature like this is so nice, and in the towns there's a lot going on on the ice.
Maybe I'll get a kayak and explore these places that I want to explore on ice.
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>unfortunately it just doesn't get cold enough
man fuck the gay-ass winters that we get now, cold enough to be miserable but not icy and snowy enough to do all of the fun wintery stuff
>Maybe I'll get a kayak and explore these places that I want to explore on ice.
that's a splendid idea
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>>153639123
Funny, sounds like you described our winters. Too cold to be comfortable, not cold enough to have fun. We had one week of intense snow this year, I loved it but it was over before I knew it.
Mostly it's just a grey, soggy mess. I'm sure that if it would snow more often maybe even cross country skiing could see some action over here.
Also, I'm departing a bit from the olympics but I'll post some old pics related to skating, because that's got a lot to do with why we are still the top skating nation on the planet.
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>>153639168
I reckon, before mechanized transportation, it was definitely one of the faster ways to get around, you could cross a lake in a speed faster than walking and in a straight line, travel across canals going faster than walking, so I think it was an important for 'getting around'. Even just pushing a little sled around on ice is a comfy way to travel.
The ice always draws out a lot of people either way, but I think for 'fun' is the biggest factor, even 400 years ago.
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>>153639064
Would love to see more of this, actually.
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Bread status confirmed ALIVE, will post some more, ty for the other pictures! Italianon notably
>Anvers/Antwerpen 1920, marathon
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1924 Summer games opening ceremony in Colombes near Paris
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forgot pic oops
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Another French athlete (runner) participating in the 1912 Olympic games, Georges Malfait
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Anvers 1920
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>>153623814
1964 but it might scratch your itch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHt0eAdCCns
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Cross-country
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Look at those brooms.
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Wiki:
>Cross country running at the Summer Olympics was held at the multi-sport event for men only from 1912 to 1924. During its brief tenure as an Olympic event, it featured on the Olympic athletics programme. Medals were awarded on an individual race basis as well as a national team points basis.
>Traditionally a winter sport, the scheduling of cross country within a summer event caused organisational issues. The sport was dropped after the 1924 Olympics, when most of the runners dropped out due to extreme heat and pollution from a nearby power station.[1]
>Over its three appearances at the Olympics, Finnish runners dominated the event. Tying in with the emergence of the Flying Finns, Hannes Kolehmainen won the inaugural event, then Paavo Nurmi won the following two editions, winning gold medals both individually and in the team race.
Paavo Nurmi is on the picture
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The 1924 winners
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Marathon 1924. Abin Steenros, the Finnish winner, is pictured running
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>>153639444
More cross-country from 1924
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>>153639453
Fashionable too.
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This makes me a little melancholic to be honest, seeing the people watching, the officers (are they?) standing there enjoying themselves, just watching a guy run through the field.
Quaint, and in a strange way familiar, reminding me of local cycle tournaments in my town, back in the 90s.
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This seemed wild
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>>153639475
>the officers (are they?)
Look like police agents
I get your feeling, it's like a glimpse of a not-so-ancient lost world we'll never know again
>1924 opening ceremony
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Paavo Nurmi the legend in 1920
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Tommy Thomson, winner of the 110m hurdles, signs autographs
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Technically not Olympics but a funny picture. Before the start of the 1912 qualifying race in France
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Another picture from 1924's cross-country
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Hannes Kolehmainen, the first Flying Finn, wins the 1920 marathon
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Cycling 1924
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>>153609004
I hate to say it but AI has made me very skeptical of old images like this. Like the quality is too high so it almost feels either entirely AI generated or like it went through some upscaling/denoising/cleaning up etc
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>>153639620
Pictures are from the National Library of France
Taken by photographers of the Agence Rol, which existed from 1904 to 1937
They are glass plate negatives
A few which seemed damaged might have been restored like this one >>153639463
But they were uploaded online a decade ago so it wasn't done with the latest AI-tools if anything
There were high quality pictures and even video footage from that era, that's not a big surprise
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1908 US Olympic Marathoners
Competitors walk to the start in front of Windsor Castle. Pictured are Americans Alton Welton (34), Johnny Hayes (26), Tom Morrissey (23) and Mike Ryan (31). Italian Dorando Pietri (19) lurks in the background. Photo courtesy of Michael Bowlby
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>>153639678
oops wrong image
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1920 again
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two of the marathon runners at the 1904 olympics
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1920
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Joseph Guillemot, winner of the 5000m
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Japanese team, 1924
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Water-polo final 1924, France-Belgium, won by France.
Btw if you need more info about the pictures posted earlier in the bread you can ask
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More cycling from 1924
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French team, military patrol, 1924
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This was Finland
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And Italy
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Czechoslovakians
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More cross-country from 1924.
Ville Ritola, another Finn, finished 2nd behind Nurmi.
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And this is Nurmi
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Olympic Village 1924
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French team again, another view
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The ancestor of biathlon, yes
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Speed skating, start of the 10km race
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1920. Photograph must have been proud.
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>>153640086
This is Clas Thunberg btw. Winner of three gold medals at Chamonix, as well as a silver and a bronze. He won two more gold medals in 1928.
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>>153640111
And of course he's Finn. Finland was the main character in this era.
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Norwegian skiing team
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Might post more later
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>>153639123
There are cities where it gets cold enough
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>>153640159
How do we cope?
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what are the white dots?
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>>153640390
maybe they were in sleeves that caught some humidity along the border or something like that
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>>153639453
More people would watch if they just mandated a suit and normal brooms. Aesthetics and vibe matter a lot, figure skating or equestrian events wouldn't draw half the viewership if they wore a tracksuit. None of the people in these commissions know how to market a sport.
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>>153642805
Sure it is. Add a bit of romance, like old people playing petanque on a square in france. It grabs more attention than 10 people in "National Team Outfit #3". America is the country of the spectacle, you should understand this.
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Something that must happen sometimes during digitization, I suppose.
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V cool
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>>153641573
Nice picture, not from Olympics it seems but looks cool
>1924
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Here's one more
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A few from Anvers 1920
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Apparently the picture was from the 1958 European champhionships, curling was not an olympic sport at that time, it came back in Nagano officially
>Another fine specimen of a Finnish athlete
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Percy Hodge, winner of the 3000m steeple in 1920
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Cycling 1924
>>153643014
kek that's trou
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Some more curling (1924)
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>>153642523
Progression in running, especially distance running, is so crazy. This guy literally almost died trying to finish his race and this year in the marathon in my city 314 people finished with a faster time than him.
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Skating rink
Great landscape
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American Frank Foss beats the Pole Vault WR (4.09m) in 1920
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Another Paavo Nurmi pic from 1924 cross-country
Love those
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>>153642538
the Australian guy gave his gloves to the other 2 by the way, and the Australian federation killed his career for that
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Richmond Wilcox Landon, USA gold medalist in high jumping 1920
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Czechoslovakians shooting, military patrol, 1924
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>>153609187
Same gentleman, Gaston Vidal
I also have a picture of him playing bowls in Paris in 1928 lol. He was a player for sure
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Athletes drinking, 1924 marathon
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>>153643174
I looked it up since it's from 1900 and I don't have pictures from that time
These are three gentlemen that took part in the event
>Maurice Faure, Léon de Lunden & Donald Mackintosh
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Wew, thanks to you I just found treasures of old pictures from 1894 to 1913
Photographer's name is Jules Beau
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Beau
>French football team 1900
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Swimming 1924
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>>153639969
Here's another picture of the Japanese team
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1924 marathon
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French swordsmen team, before going to the 1908 London Olympics
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you now remember the 1906 Olympics that were retconned out of existence by the IOC decades later
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>"Opening of the Antwerp Olympics (1920), release of pigeons to announce the opening of the Olympics to all nations"
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A few more
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US Rugby team 1924
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Wireless telegraphy operators, aboard a balloon to announce the result of the football final in 1924 (Uruguay-Switzerland, won by Uruguay)
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Picture of the game
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French athletes, opening ceremony, Anvers 1920
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Danish women
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Finns skiing
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Czechoslovakians
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Jacob Thams, Norwegian winner of ski jumping in 1924, pictured with a cow
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US women swimmers, 1924
From left to right: (1) Gertrude Ederlé, (2) Euphrasia Donnelly, (3) Hélène Wainwright, (4) Sibille Bauer, (5) Agnès Geroghty, (6) Doris O'Mara, (7) Mariechen Veshelau [i.e. Wehselau], (8) Ruth Thomas, (9) Florence Chambers, (10) Mathilda Schewrick, (11) Ethel McGary
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>>153608966
Criterion did a box set of all the Olympic films from 1912-2012 and the trailer is the most aesthetic thing I've ever seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAkTyFzdoZw
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another shot
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Thanks!
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Gymnastics event, Paris 1900 (at the velodrome of Vincennes)
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110m hurdles, Paris 1900
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Paris 1900. Before the marathon starts
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A team of Swedes and Danes beat the French (and 1 Colombian for some reason) at the tug of war event, Paris 1900
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Picture of the finish
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American Richard Sheldon, Shot put gold medalist (and bronze for discus) at the 1900 Paris Olympics
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Rudolf Bauer, discus gold medalist, Paris 1900. World record holder at that time (36.04m)
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Alright, not Olympics but this looks too cool not to post, jump by American daredevil Max Schreyer in Paris in 1906
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>>153644229
Here's the landing
I will try to find more tomorrow if the bread is still up
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Bowmen and crossbowmen parade before the 1900 Olympics contest
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That ramp alone gives me anxiety, I am not the daredevil type... obviously.
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Perhaps not old enough for the thread but always liked the old Wassberg pictures
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>The French bobsled over several times during training, and the four French athletes were taken to the hospital. During their first run, the French bobsledders competed while intoxicated, one of the four teammates, the Marquis d'Aulan, then owner of a champagne house, having generously provided them with alcohol beforehand.
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Proper French names. Love it.
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>This was Finland
Pretty obvious from uniforms, they won silver. Lieutenant in picture is Väinö Bremer, aviation pioneer who flew around the world when it was actually a feat. He also participated in summer Olympics in Paris in modern pentathlon, finishing 7th. Dude retired as major and died in plane crash on 1964.
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I would watch if it was held outdoors. don't know about the brooms
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this is cool as heck
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these guys are probably only like 6 foot but they look like giants with all the manlets in the background
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I'm more impressed with the ramp
great thread tbdesu
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When I was a kid I read about this race. Pietri (a pastrycook by profession) was first to the stadium, but was disoriented - so some stewards physically helped him to the finish line. Hayes, who was right behind him, protested the help and got the gold, but Pietri got a special trophy from the organizers (not the IOC) anyway as there was some doubt as to whether he could have managed to right himself and get to the finish line before Hayes without help.
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Flapper courtship
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i think this one looks so weird because everyone's looking in random ass directions
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There has never been a more kino Olympic event and there never will be
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>ynr remember this led to Mossad gunning down an innocent man and his pregnant wife in Lillehammer, being caught by norwegian police and having their entire western european spy network busted open because one of the "operatives" was claustrophobic and ratted everything out in return for a bigger prison cell.
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one in the middle packing some nice phartmeat
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notice how these bikes don't have gears and probably don't have freewheel hubs either. they're racing fixies on cobble and dirt roads for dozens of miles. ironman cycling
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Stockholm 1912. Finnish prodigy Kolehmainen >>153639581 beats Frenchman Jean Bouin at the 5000m. Bouin died two years later, the 29th of September, 1914, struck by shrapnel, at the age of 25. Several streets and a huge stadium in Paris are named after him.
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Several streets across France*
>Chamonix 1924 again
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Norwegian Thorleif Haug, won three gold medals in 1924.
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The Swiss won the gold medal in bobsleigh, but apparently they had an accident at some point. In the picture one of the men is visibly unwell. This picture >>153609732 shows him being carried shortly after
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The Belgians were 5!
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>>153655568
It seems to have been the only nation with a 5-man bob
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Indeed
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Norwegian Jacob Tullin Thams, ski jumping gold medalist in 1924. He later also won a medal in the summer games in 1936, a rare feat, in sailing
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same guy
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the 5 Belgian madmen
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11-year-old Sonja Henie. Finished 8th in 1924, 1st in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
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Swiss men after their victory
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USA-Canada hockey final, already posted a few pics
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>>153654105
yeah, they were monsters
that'll be all for me for today, see you tomorrow maybe
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>Having been a pack a day cigarette smoker, Guillemot died of lung cancer in Oradour-Saint-Genest at the age of 75.
Dude ran a sub 15 5k while smoking a pack a day.
>Guillemot then took the silver medal in the 10,000 m behind Nurmi. The final of the 10,000 m was brought forward by three hours at the request of King Albert of Belgium, which Guillemot was only informed of after eating a large lunch. Suffering from stomach cramps and wearing shoes that were two sizes too large (as his own shoes had been stolen), Guillemot finished 1.4 seconds behind Nurmi in second place.
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Abandoned Olympics areas are such a bizarre concept as an American. It was your time on the world's stage, couldn't you have a little more drive to continue using such things when they become more widely available for the public to enjoy? Or at the very least make the structures more obviously temporary so they can quickly be taken down once the games end and not leave these sad graveyards. Out of everything used in Atlanta 96, the only thing truly abandoned was the field hockey venue and that wasn't even built for the games. It was a nearly half century old college football stadium for a school that later ran into financial issues and couldn't support its athletics program anymore.
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You can always come hang out with me
>pic related: the woods in my backyard
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Berlin was also the focal point of a 40 year dick measuring contest by the United States and Soviet Union.
Sarajevo's siege in the 90s was one of the most prolonged in modern history, that's gonna do a number on the ski resorts.
Not to mention the facilities could be used for popular sports and large events as the Summer games are less specialized.
Even if you love winter sports they're only relevant when there's snow on the ground.
Sure luge can be fun, but an olympic course is very specialized and not something you can just repurpose into a kids ride.
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This is unironically one of the GOAT Olympic moments. I have decided that 1968 probably had the best Olympics of all time, because they had this, they had Dick Fosbury inventing the Fosbury flop, they had the first ever sub-10-second 100m sprint, and they had the black power salute if you're into that sort of thing.
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>>153643014
>it’s pronounced "Shamony"
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>>153643124
This picture is brilliant. I can't even work out which direction he's travelling in.
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Were there only two Olympic rings back then, or are their shirts just a coincidence?
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Hnnnggg
>>153643823
>Even in 1924, swimmers did that horrible cupping thing that gives them weird bruises
I am disappoint
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>>153661986
It is also unique in that it is the only Winter Olympics hosted in a place where nobody cares about winter sports.
Yugoslavia only won a single medal in 1984, their very first winter medal, and it was won by a guy from Slovenia, the one ex-Yugo country that has not been dogshit at the WO post-collapse.
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Are you sure you aren't thinking of the 1904 marathon? That was the legendary one with all the memes, like the random Cuban deliveryman who randomly asked to join when he saw everyone lining up at the start, and the two Africans who were invited purely as a sideshow to show spectators what Africans looked like, but who then joined the race and finished around the middle after they got chased off course by a pack of wild dogs.
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Wikipedia actually has some photos of the legendary 1904 Olympic marathon. This is Andarin Carvajal.
>Cuban postman Andarín Carvajal had also joined the marathon, arriving at the last minute.[6] After losing all of his money gambling in New Orleans, Louisiana, he hitchhiked to St. Louis and had to run the event in street clothes that he cut around the legs to make them into shorts. Not having eaten in 40 hours, he saw a spectator eating two peaches. He asked if he could have the peaches, and the spectator declined. He then stole both peaches and ran away. Later, he stopped off in an orchard en route to eat some apples, which turned out to be rotten.[6] The rotten apples caused him to have strong stomach cramps, and he had to lie down and take a nap. Despite his discomfort and the pause, Carvajal still managed to finish in fourth place.[6][12]
More fun stories here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_–_ Men%27s_marathon
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From what I've seen online (and note my flag, I'm clueless compared to most of the posters in this thread) it seems like at least recently a lot of former Eastern Bloc countries have tried to boost tourism with budget ski resorts.
But the Bobsleigh course, that's just fallen into typical urban decay lore. Even rich cities like New York have those.
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no u
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>Were there only two Olympic rings back then
It was the symbol of the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies, of which Pierre de Coubertin was a founder in the 1890s. The rings were created in the 1910s and first used in 1920
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St. Louis 1904 - start of the 400m
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1972 West Germany
>Étienne Desmarteau, weight throwing gold medalist in 1904
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Smoky, mascot of the Olympic Village, 1932
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1932 - All nations' rowing teams
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1936 - Fritz Schilgen, final torchbearer of the first Olympic torch relay
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1936 - Siegfried Eifrig, who transferred the flame to Fritz Schilgen, lit two urns which burned until the end of the games
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The Olympic Games open in London, 1948
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Pistol shooting, modern pentathlon, 1948
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1948 British Women’s Olympic swimming team
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1952 - 100m
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Calgary track is still operational, as is the facility and ski hill next to it. The ski jumps were formally decommissioned last year. Only the 90m one will remain as a tourist attraction. The facility mostly uses it as a launch point for a summer zipline ride. The Olympic Oval on the university campus is still a major stop on the world cup circuit. That one has been well maintained.
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1952 4x100m
Gold for the USA (Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remingino, Andy Stanfield), silver for the Soviet Union (Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyajev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Suharev), bronze for Hungary (László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi)
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1952 - Olympic rings in front of the Parliament building, Helsinki
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1952 - Miss Universe Armi Kuusela (right) at the closing ceremony
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1952 - 1000m kayak doubles podium
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Timing point for running competitions at the Olympic Stadium
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Festive flag-raising at the Market Square
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In 1952 the Olympic village was cut in half. This is the gate of the Käpylä village where Western/Western-aligned nations were
Anyway, that'll do for me today, I have more so if it's still up, see you next time
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What does Desmarteau mean?
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>>153664444
You gotta love how hosting countries tried their best to look strong and cool, and show off their traditions.
Now they're all running the same race of "who can act like the most pozzed globohomo shithole"
Also great quad doubles
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>>153666745
I was reading about the Elfstedentocht on Wikipedia and they only do it when the ice reaches a certain safe thickness, possibly 5cm. I think there were some times when one river had ice that was too thin, and they probably only noticed that when somebody fell through, so I assume it has happened.
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>>153667379
Real Olympics are every four years, but in Ancient Greece they had another sporting event halfway between each Olympics. All the events were at Olympia in Greece, of course, so in 1906 the Greeks decided to bring back their in-between games halfway between St Louis 1904 and London 1908, and just host it in Greece again with the aim of making it every four years. At first, the IOC were cool with this, but then they changed their minds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games
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I haven't seen his St. Louis marathon vid but his segment of >>153642515 on The Bob Emergency was cinema
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Was reading that page to find the times and stumbled up this:
> 10 miles (16 km) from the finish, Hicks led the race by 1.5 miles (2.4 km), but he had to be restrained from stopping and lying down by his trainers. From then until the end of the race, Hicks received several doses of strychnine – a common rat poison, which stimulates the nervous system in small doses – mixed with brandy and egg white.
Such an amazing feat when you take in consideration the circumstances, hah.
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>>153663654
>1972 West Germany
1972 Sapporo
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1904 Marathon:
>While Frederick Lorz was greeted as the apparent winner, he was later disqualified as he had hitched a ride in a car for part of the race. The actual winner, Thomas Hicks, was near collapse and hallucinating by the end of the race, a side effect of being administered brandy, raw eggs, and strychnine by his trainers. The fourth-place finisher, Andarín Carvajal, took a nap during the race after eating spoiled apples.
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Thank you for this incredible t>>153608966
hread, froggy fren
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there's a torrent that has the entire set. basically any of the films from before the 1950s are just novelties that are glorified newsreel compilations, the stuff going into the 60s and beyond are when they become legitimate full fledged art documentaries capturing the moment
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Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics Squaw Valley Lake Tahoe
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Another view
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Some hockey games were played outside (here?), others in an arena.
In 1960 the U.S. hockey team also won gold, defeated both the Canadian and Soviet Union teams.
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It seems amazing that they could ensure 15 consecutive days of competition on a frozen lake.
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That area's the bottom of the ski jump
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>>153676647
Squaw Valley is just in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe.
I don't think any events were actually on the lake itself.
There was no bobsled at this Olympics, they couldn't justify the cost vs. the number of competitors.
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The ski jump in 1960 at Squaw Valley
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The arena in 1960 at Squaw Valley
It collapsed in 1983 under heavy snowfall
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Outside of the arena
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A 5 minute compilation of video from and overview of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley.
I think this video was made by the U.S. Forest Service:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSYARruEmU
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For anyone interested, the original 24 minute version of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=iIrhFwpKmi8
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>It collapsed in 1983 under heavy snowfall
Not surprising given they get 800 gorrilian meters of snow each winter
Love these more natural locations. Italy nailed that for the most part this time. So often there are forced stadia that look out of place and soon will decay and be forgotten.
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Verona was nice, but we can go a step farther...
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>>153675577
Did you tackle that trouble that came your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful?
Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it,
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only how did you take it?
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that?
Come up with a smiling face.
It's nothing against you to fall down flat,
But to lie there -- that's disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why the higher you bounce;
Be proud of your blackened eye!
It isn't the fact that you're licked that counts,
It's how did you fight -- and why?
And though you be done to the death, what then?
If you battled the best you could,
If you played your part in the world of men,
Why, the Critic will call it good.
Death comes with a crawl, or comes with a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry,
It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,
But only how did you die?
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>>153663941
Is it autism?
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Adebe Bikila winning gold at marathon in Rome Olympiad
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Waldemar Cierpinski winning gold at marathon in Moscow Olympiad
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Zimbabwean grass hockey team, gold medalist in Moscow
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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva in Helsinki, where won gold in triple jump (he also won gold in Melbourne)
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Alex Welter and Lars Björkstrom, competing for Brazil (and winning gold), in 1980 Olympiad
Funfact: The sailing events happened in Tallinn
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Abebe Bikila winning Rome 1960 marathon running barefoot
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Abebe won the Tokyo 1964 marathon running in Pumas
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Something doesn't add up...
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>>153688553
That photo of Abebe wearing number 3 is from 1961 not the 1960 Olympics
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Mexican crowd raging after Mexico loss bronze medal to Japan in football tournament at 1968 Olympiad
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The manlet tricked me kek
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West Germans in their luge helmets at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria
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Women's figure skating medalists from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California
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... and from the 1976 Innsbruck, Austria Winter Olympics
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Can anybody find a video clip?
This is Elisabeth Demleitner
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>tfw too intelligent for summer olympics
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Heck yeah, brothers! So heckin KINO. Me? I’m posting so I can see this redd*t thread slide off the catalog sooner
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Innsbruck 1976: Jackie Stewart about to take the next step in mankind's evolution
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>The massacre followed a series of large demonstrations known as the Mexican Movement of 1968 and is considered part of the Mexican Dirty War when the U.S.-backed Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government violently repressed political and social opposition. The event occurred ten days before the opening ceremony of the 1968 Summer Olympics, which were carried out as scheduled.
>On October 2, 1968, in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City, the Mexican Armed Forces opened fire on a group of unarmed civilians who were protesting the upcoming Olympics in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. The Mexican government and news media claimed the Armed Forces had been provoked by protesters shooting at them[1] but government documents made public since 2000 suggest that snipers had been employed by the government.
Really crazy the had the Olympics in mid-October innit?
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>The number of deaths resulting from the event is disputed. According to U.S. national security archives, American analyst Kate Doyle documented the deaths of 44 people,[2] however estimates of the actual death toll range from 300 to 400 with eyewitnesses reporting hundreds dead
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> the Olympia Battalion, a secret government branch made for the security of the Olympic Games composed of soldiers, police officers, and federal security agents,[13] were ordered to arrest the leaders of the CNH and advanced into the plaza. The Olympia Battalion members wore white gloves or white handkerchiefs tied to their left hands to distinguish themselves from the civilians and prevent the soldiers from shooting them.[11] Captain Ernesto Morales Soto stated that "immediately upon sighting a flare in the sky, the prearranged signal, we were to seal off the aforementioned two entrances and prevent anyone from entering or leaving."
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The odd bit is that Mexico City has very little temperature variation being in the highlands, but a lot of rain variation due to it being in the subtropics
June-September are the peak of their Wet Season so mid-late October is the beginning of the Dry Season.
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England's Charlotte Cooper who won both Women's Singles and Mixed Doubles in Tennis at the 1900 Olympics
Instead of getting medals, most contestants got trophies or cups.
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Marion Jones Farquhar was the first American woman to win a Medal. The daughter of a Nevada Senator who was instrumental in the Comstock Lode, also the Co-Founder of Santa Monica, California.
Was the first American woman to compete at Wimbledon where she reached the Quaterfinals and won two US Opens.
She married a prominent architect, had 3 kids and in her 40s she became a well known violinist, lyricist and vocal coach in Greenwich Village, for a short time became head of the New York Chamber Opera.
Literally the original Santa Monica/Greenwich Village transplant elitist. She lived into her 80s and had kids that lived into their hundreds.
Truly an intriguing person worthy of a biography, but since she was so rich nobody would like it ;_;
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Anyone interested in Art and Architecture competitions?
Here's some Angelinos admiring a painting in competition.
Fun American Elites fact: Marion Jones Farquhar's sister was married to the guy who won the silver in Sculpting in 1932
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The Silver in the 1936 Summer Olympics Municipal Planning category went to Marine Park, Brooklyn.
The only Non-Nazi to win in that field and the only member of a future Allied Power to medal in Berlin's Art Competitions, the project was greenlit by infamous New York City powerbroker Robert Moses, who did massacre a lot of Jewish neighborhoods, but not in the Germany way.
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An interesting bit about the Art Competitions is they're one of the few competitions to have men and women directly competing against each other. The Silver in the painting category went to American Ruth Miller's painting "Struggle".
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The LA84 Foundation has some great archives if you're interested. It's one of the reasons LA is hosting the next olympics and Los Angeles is one of the only cities in the world that actually likes hosting the Olympics.
https://digital.la84.org/
https://digital.la84.org/
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My favourite fact about all those was when the gold medal for architecture (I think in 1924 but I'm not sure) went to the guy who designed the Olympic stadium.
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>>153703917
Heck yeah, brother! Seethe and cry ab it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10JDA8SvwX8
kino
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>>153651994
>looking in random ass directions
humans were not self absorbed by cameras back then , they weren't narcissists switching to cheesecake smiles and eyes fixed in cameras back then, this only happened when internet and first digital cameras appeared