Chrysler sponsor pin created for the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 1992
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Chrysler sponsor pin created for the 1992 barcelona Summer Olympic Games. Olympic pin collecting began as early as 1900 and gained momentum at the 1936 Games. Through the 1960s pin trading was on the upswing but really took off at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games with sponsor's becoming more prevalent. Coca-Cola set up a pin trading area at the Calgary Games which gave a boost to the hobby which is still a big part of the Olympic experience.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1992 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in Albertville, France with 64 countries, 1,313 men and 488 women athletes participating. This was France’s third time hosting a winter Olympics and the last time that the summer and winter Olympics would be held in the same year. The next winter Olympics would be held in 1994 and the Summer Games would be held in 1996. These were also the first games that the former Soviet republics competed as a unified team and the first time Germany’s unified team competed together since the 1964 Summer Games. Bonnie Blair was the standout American athlete in speed skating earning two gold medals with US figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi earning a gold in women’s figure skating. Germany won the medal count with 26 medals to the United States 11.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Collectors
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Olympics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.3038.28
label: nonaccession number
content: 2008.3038
label: catalog number
content: 2008.3038.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin, olympic
label: Object Name
content: olympic pin
label: Object Name
content: pin, winter olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.7 cm x 1.5 cm; 1 1/16 in x 9/16 in