Victorious Olympic team members return aboard the S.S. AMERICA ... – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Victorious Olympic team members return aboard the S.S. AMERICA .... An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Victorious Olympic team members return aboard the S.S. AMERICA ...
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The subject is the American Olympic team returning home aboard the S.S. America after the 1924 Games in Paris, which closed in late July. The photograph is a press print from Underwood & Underwood, a firm that supplied newspapers and magazines with news pictures in that era. Its caption card is unverified, so the exact moment and the people shown should be checked against other sources. Still, it captures a typical homecoming, when athletes were greeted at the pier as heroes.
| Created / published | 1924 Aug. 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Underwood & Underwood. No. 364562. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Olympic games; Ph. Ind. |
| 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-155300 |
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