Photograph of Edwin Flack
Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Black and white
Framed
Date Used
1896
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Black and white photograph of Edwin Flack. He is seen wearing a formal coat in this posed studio photograph. A brief biography of Flack is included in the mount below the image. "Australia's Olympic pioneer who won the 800 and 1500 metres events at the First Modern Games in Athens in 1896. Flack nearly made it a treble in the marathon, succumbing to exhaustion just short of the line in a valiant effort that accorded him hero status in Greece."
Copies of 2006.5844.3 & 2007.403
Copies of 2006.5844.3 & 2007.403
Measurements
1: H: 557 W: 457 D: 20mm (H: 21 15/16 W: 18 D: 13/16")
Date Used
1896
Location
In storage
Registration No
M15874
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