[Erwin] Blask - Deutschland - errange die Silbermedailleim Hammerwerfen – Vintage Print
![[Erwin] Blask - Deutschland - errange die Silbermedailleim Hammerwerfen, 1936 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/31dd79a41195-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures [Erwin] Blask - Deutschland - errange die Silbermedailleim Hammerwerfen in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Erwin] Blask - Deutschland - errange die Silbermedailleim Hammerwerfen
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This print shows Erwin Blask of Germany, whose caption card credits him with the silver medal in the hammer throw. The hammer throw was contested at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where the German team competed before home crowds in the newly built Olympic Stadium. The image comes from an album of Olympic photographs by Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker who documented the Games for her film *Olympia*. Her photographs record the athletes' concentration and the rhythm of the throw itself, a sport that depended on balance and a sharp turn of the body.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Leni Riefenstahl. This record contains unverified data from caption card. In album: XI Olympiade, Berlin 1936 / Leni Riefenstahl. Berlin: 1936. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151526 |
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