2012 London Olympic Games travel card
name: label: user
content: Duff, Caroline
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pink travel card with purple and black printing August 6, 2012. This card was used for travel on the Underground subway system, the light rail and bus system throughout the city of London and to the different Olympic venues.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Olympics
label: general subject association
content: Souvenirs
label: general subject association
content: Sports
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: London, 2012
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Caroline Duff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3119.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3119
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3119.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: travel card
label: Object Name
content: travel card
label: Object Name
content: travel card, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 8.255 cm