Summary
Group of male athletes in uniform relaxing outside a house at the Olympic Village during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. A notation on the slide frame identifies them as Brazilian, Russian and French (left to right.)
One of a set of 147 35mm Kodachrome slides donated to the Museum in 1987. The images are all taken during the Olympic Games held in Melbourne in November and December, 1956.
Description of Content
Three men in athletic uniforms sitting on grass outside a brick house.
Physical Description
35mm, positive Kodachrome film mounted in paper slide frame.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Clothing & Textiles, Home & Community, Leisure, Public Life & Institutions
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Acquisition Information
Donation from D. G. Morris, 08 Apr 1987
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Place & Date of Event
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956
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Format
Slide, 35 mm, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed in red ink on back of slide frame: 'KODACHROME/TRANSPARENCY/ PROCESSED BY KODAK Handwritten in black ink on the front of the slide frame: 'BRAZILIAN YELLOW/ RUSSIAN BLUE/ FRENCHMAN GREY' Printed in black ink on front of slide frame: '6'
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Image Dimensions - Mount
50 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Athletes, French Sporting Teams, Gardens, Houses, Olympic Games: Melbourne, 1956, Russian Sporting Teams, Uniforms