Die dreizehnjahrige Majorie Gestring - USA - Goldmedaille im Kunstpringen – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with Die dreizehnjahrige Majorie Gestring - USA - Goldmedaille im Kunstpringen, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Die dreizehnjahrige Majorie Gestring - USA - Goldmedaille im Kunstpringen
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At 13, Marjorie Gestring won the women's springboard title at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, making her one of the youngest champions in Olympic history. The photograph comes from an album of the Games by Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker who documented the event for her film *Olympia*. Her images of the Berlin competitions were widely circulated and remain among the most familiar visual records of those Games. The caption details for this print are unverified, so dates and credits should be checked against other sources.
| 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 | 1,204 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151546 |
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