ILLUSTRATED CURRENT NEWS POSTER OF JESSE OWENS AND JOHN WOODRUFF AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS
ILLUSTRATED CURRENT NEWS POSTER OF JESSE OWENS AND JOHN WOODRUFF AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS

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ILLUSTRATED CURRENT NEWS POSTER OF JESSE OWENS AND JOHN WOODRUFF AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS
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RR Auctions, Boston, 20 January 2022, lot 6044.

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Lot Essay

Original poster issued by the Illustrated Current News on August 10, 1936, featuring "Radioed views of two Olympic events won for U.S." On the left, John Woodruff is shown winning the 800 meter event; on the right, Jesse Owens is seen leaping to a new long jump record of over 26 feet, 5 inches. In fine condition, with small splits at edges of the central vertical and horizontal folds: VG

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