Gisela Mauermayer - Deutschland - Goldmedaille im Diskuswerfen – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Gisela Mauermayer - Deutschland - Goldmedaille im Diskuswerfen in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gisela Mauermayer - Deutschland - Goldmedaille im Diskuswerfen
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Gisela Mauermayer, a German discus thrower, won the gold medal in her event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, and this photograph captures that victory. The image comes from an album documenting the Games, compiled by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose work on the 1936 Olympics is among the most studied sporting films ever made. The Berlin Games were staged by the Nazi government as a showcase for the regime, and athletes like Mauermayer became prominent figures in that propaganda effort. The caption information is unverified, so the exact details of the moment depicted are worth reading with that in mind.
| 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 × 1,211 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151537 |
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