Caltex swimming record selector in envelope, c1956

Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Card/Record
Documents and books/Document/Envelope
Date Used
Nov 1956
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Brief Description
A circular statistical document, with a rotating dial, called a "Swimming Records Selector". This device allows the user to review all the Olympic, World, and Australian records in all swimming events. Spaces are allocated for recording the records to be set at the upcoming 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. The "selector" is housed within a brown envelope, with text on the front reading, in part: '.../THE RECORDS SHOWN ON THE ENCLOSED RECORDS SELECTOR ARE THOSE/CURRENT UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS HELD ON/30TH OCTOBER, 1956.'
Museum
Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 115 W: 115 D: 1mm (H: 4 1/2 W: 4 1/2 D: 1/16")
0 - Whole: H: 127 W: 180 D: 1mm (H: 5 W: 7 1/16 D: 1/16")
Media/Materials
Card
Ink
Metal
Paper
Associated Event
Olympic Games 1956; 1956; Melbourne, Victoria
Associated Person
Date Used
Nov 1956
Location
In storage
Registration No
1992.2669.54
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Diana Barnott.

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