Pair of 1984 Summer Olympics track and field day passes owned by Carl Lewis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Predominantly orange and purple paper Olympics ticket with black type. Paper ticket has small strip of yellow at top edge and small strip of green at bottom edge. The official Athletics pictogram appears in the upper left portion of the ticket. Tickets are track and field day passes and have a listed time and date of 9:30 AM on August 6th, 1984. The event took place at LA Memorial Coliseum. The paper tickets were issued to [CLVELAND A LEWIS]. One of the tickets (2013.126.36.1) is for seat 119, while the other ticket (2013.126.36.2) is for seat 120.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 6, 1984
• Distributed by: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, American, 1978 - 1984
• Owned by: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
• Type: admission tickets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (Each): 2 3/4 x 6 in. (7 x 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Track and field
• Object number: 2013.126.36.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carl Lewis Estate
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © International Olympic Committee Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.