Postcard depicting American pole vaulter Fred Hansen, 1964 Olympic Games

Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Card/Postcard
Date Used
1964
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Object Detail

Brief Description
Colour postcard, unused; photograph depicting pole vaulter in action, from the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Inscription (in part) on verso: "American pole vault ace Fred Hansen wins with / a height of 5. 10 metres."
Museum
Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 105 W: 145 D: 1mm (H: 4 1/8 W: 5 11/16 D: 1/16")
Media/Materials
Emulsion
Card
Associated Event
Olympic Games 1964; 1964; Tokyo, Kanto, Honshu, Japan
Associated Person
Date Used
1964
Location
In storage
Registration No
1995.3108.277
Credit Line
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Beverly Savige & Margaret Armitstead.

Object Type

Sport

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