USA House Volunteer identification card for Patricia Mink at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 2004
name: label: maker
content: Roots
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White red and blue badge printed on photo-paper. In clear plastic sleeve. Blue cloth lanyard marked "USA" with Olympic ring logo. USA Olympic pin attached. Worn by USA House Volunteer Patricia Mink at the 2004 Olympics, Athens, Greece.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2004 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece with 204 countries, 6,296 men and 4,329 women athletes participating. This was the first time the Games returned to their city of origin since the 1896 Games. American swimmer Michael Phelps earned six gold medals, setting a single-Games record with eight medals while the American women won the gold in the 4x200 relay. American Mariel Zagunis won the gold in the debut sport of Women’s sabre fencing and gymnast Carly Patterson became the second American woman to win gold in the all-around competition. The United States won the medal count with 101 medals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 2004
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Athens, 1896
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Ms. Patricia Mink
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3052.05
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3052
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3052.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Identification Credentials
label: Object Name
content: Identification Card
label: Object Name
content: I.D.
label: Object Name
content: Badge
label: Object Name
content: identification card, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (badge material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (lanyard material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pin material)
label: Measurements
content: badge: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 11.43 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: lanyard: 18 in; x 45.72 cm