Letter to Foreign Sporting Press, from 1912 Olympic Games Organising Committee - dated December 1911

Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Letter/Letterhead
Date Used
Dec 1911
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Object Detail

Brief Description

Single sheet of beige coloured paper with woven grain, dated December 1911, and addressed, "To the Editors of the Foreign Sporting Press". Letterhead centrally positioned at top of letter, and printed in black ink, "FIFTH OLYMPIAD. / OLYMPIC GAMES OF STOCKHOLM 1912. / SWEDISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE". Body of letter is typed in blue ink and has list of 10 sports with "Gymnastics" crossed out with black mark. Letter regards the delivery of rules and regulations booklets of most of the 1912 Olympic Sports to the foreign media. Signature at lower right is a stamp printed with purple ink.

Museum

Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum

Measurements

0 - Whole: H: 282 W: 216 D: 1mm (H: 11 1/8 W: 8 1/2 D: 1/16")

Media/Materials

Paper
Ink

Associated Event

Olympic Games 1912; 1912; Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Associated Person

Organising Committee for the Games of the Vth Olympiad, Stockholm 1912

Date Used

Dec 1911