L.A. summer games 84 / Laura Smith. – Historic 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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L.A. summer games 84 / Laura Smith.
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This color poster centers on diving, one of the sports on the program for the 23rd Olympiad, held in Los Angeles in 1984. Laura Smith's design was published by ProCreations Publishing Company of New Orleans around 1983, the year before the Games opened, when Olympic-themed art was in demand. The 1984 Los Angeles Games are remembered for their privately financed model and for the boycott by the Soviet Union and several allied nations. Posters like this one show how the event was marketed to American audiences during the lead-up to the Games.
| Created / published | New Orleans, Louisiana : ProCreations Publishing Company, c1983. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1980-1990.Prints Color 1980-1990. |
| Notes | Copyright by Laura Smith. Promotional goal: U.S. K22. 1983. |
| Subjects | Olympic Games (23rd :--1984 :--Los Angeles, Calif.) Diving--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218191 |
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