Postcard of the Olympic Stadium in Rome owned by Dick Howard: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color postcard of the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The postcard shows the city from the perspective of the hills to the west of the stadium. Behind the stadium, which takes up most of the foreground, is an eastern looking view of northwestern Rome. The city takes up the bottom two thirds of the image with the sky in the top third. On the left side and along the bottom are hills and foliage. In the bottom left corner in white script is [Roma Stadio Olimpico].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1960
• Owned by: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: postcards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 4 x 5 13/16 in. (10.2 x 14.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Roma, Italy, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2012.140.6.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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