Slide depicting Stadio dei Marmi, 1960 Olympic Games

Object Type
Photography/Transparency
Date Used
1960
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Brief Description
A transparency featuring an image of the front of one of sixty colossal statues surrounding the Stadio dei Marmi (Stadium of Marble), at the Foro Italico, which was used by athletes for warming up during the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. This statue is of a discus thrower. Transparency is kept in an unrelated yellow and black plastic Kodak transparencies box.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 50 W: 50 D: 2mm (H: 1 15/16 W: 1 15/16 D: 1/16")
Media/Materials
Associated Person
Date Used
1960
Place Used
Location
In storage
Registration No
1987.1821.8
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Alwyn M Harbott

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