Departure of FINLAND with candidates for Olympics (LOC)
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Departure of FINLAND with candidates for Olympics
[1912] (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Photo related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in
1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11780
Call Number: LC-B2- 2543-9
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Wystan (24 months ago | reply)
The ship "Finland" was chartered by the U. S. Olympic Committee to carry the American Olympic Team to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It departed New York harbor on June 14, 1912 (the scene photographed above), and served as training and living quarters for the team as it crossed the Atlantic and during the games as well, when it was stationed in Stockholm harbor as a floating hotel.
New York Times story discussing plans for the trip, February 27, 1912:
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=99 05E0D6173CE6...