Summary
A female Italian athlete arriving at the Olympic Village at Heidelberg during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. She is carrying her team uniform and official luggage. A notation on the slide frame identifies her as a fencer, possibly Cesari Velleda.
One of a set of 147 35mm Kodachrome tranparencie 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 woman arriving from overseas with her baggage.
Physical Description
35mm, positive Kodachrome film mounted in paper slide frame.
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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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Ms Cesari Velleda, Heidelberg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956
The curator compared this image with another image of Cesari Velleda, who attended the 1956 Games, and believes that this is an image of her, although it is only notated as an Italian Fencer. -
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 blue ink on front of slide frame: 'ITALIAN FENCER' Printed in black ink on front of slide frame: '15'
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Image Dimensions - Mount
50 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
Measurement of mount.
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Keywords
Athletes, Fencing, Houses, Luggage, Olympic Games: Melbourne, 1956, Roads, Uniforms