1948 Olympic Games Official Souvenir program
date: label: date made
content: 1948
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Official Souvenir Program for the 1948 Olympic Games held in London. The 1948 Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in London, England and included 59 countries, 3,714 men and 390 women athletes participating. These Games were the first held after the outbreak of World War II, with Germany and Japan not asked to participate. As in 1932, most venues and athlete’s housing were existing and rationing of food and gas from the war was still on-going. The Olympic swimming pool, however, was the first used in Olympic competition to be covered. The 1948 Games were the first to be broadcast on television although televisions were not commonplace in most households. American Bob Mathias won the decathlon at seventeen, becoming the youngest male to win Olympic gold. The United States won the medal count with 84.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.3003.06
label: nonaccession number
content: 2009.3003
label: catalog number
content: 2009.3003.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: program
label: Object Name
content: program, summer olympic
label: Object Name
content: program, olympic
label: Object Name
content: program, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm x .635 cm