Photograph, depicts flag bearers at 1956 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony
Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Black and white
Date Used
08 Dec 1956
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Object Detail
Brief Description
A photograph taken on the Main Stadium (Melbourne Cricket Ground) during the Closing Ceremony of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Image features six male flag bearers, from left to right: Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, the United States of America, the U.S.S.R., Venezuela, and Australia. This image was reproduced on the front page of 'The Argus' newspaper on 10 Dec 1956, and also in a Dec 1956 issue of 'The Australian Women's Weekly' magazine.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 253 W: 202 D: 1mm (H: 9 15/16 W: 7 15/16 D: 1/16")
Associated Event
Date Used
08 Dec 1956
Place Used
Location
In storage
Registration No
1994.2985.2
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Geoff Cannon.
From page 1 of The Argus. Published on 10/12/1956.
- Harry Blutstein
Posted on 03-02-2021 23:16:27