Summary

A male Yugoslavian athlete signing an autograph for a young school girl at the Olympic Village at Heidelberg, during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Autograph collecting was a popular pastime for both children and adults during the Games.

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

A girl obtaining an autograph from a man in uniform.

Physical Description

35mm, positive Kodachrome film mounted in paper slide frame.

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