Olympic Ticket for Track and Field at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
date: label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: maker
content: Jeffries Banknote Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Track and Field ticket for the Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles, CA, August 2, 1932 in Olympic Stadium. The ticket is white with a yellow filigree pattern and the Olympic rings and shield pattern in the center. Tunnel 22, Row 12, Seat 119. Price of tickets was $2.00. Diagram of stadium on back.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1932 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the X Olympiad were held in Los Angeles, California and included 37 countries, 1,206 men and 126 women athletes participating, fewer than the 1928 Games as the depression kept many athletes from making the trip. Because of the expense of putting on the Games, many existing venues were used including the Rose Bowl and the LA Coliseum. An official Olympic Village debuted at the 1932 Games consisting of hundreds of buildings to house and take care of the athletes becoming the standard for future games. The victory podium was first used at the Summer Games along with the debut of the Olympic mascot; a Scottish Terrier named Smoky. American athlete Babe Didrikson was a standout, winning two gold medals in the javelin and hurdles events although earned silver in high jump after being penalized for an illegal jump-off. The United States led the medal count with 103.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: name of sport
content: Track and Field
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: Los Angeles, 1932
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert E. Dibble
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1024.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1024.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ticket, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 10.795 cm