Ticket for 1996 Summer Olympics athletics event owned by Carl Lewis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Yellow paper ticket with black, white, and green type. Center of ticket features a quilted leaves design. The official Athletics pictogram appears at the top right of the ticket. Silver type printed over center of ticket reads, [ACCREDITATION / REQUIRED / NOT FOR RESALE]. Tickets are for an athletics event taking place at 6:00 PM on July 29th, 1996. The event took place at the Olympic Stadium.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 29, 1996
• Distributed by: Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, American, 1991 - 1997
• Owned by: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
• Designed by: Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, American, 1991 - 1997
• Printed by: Weldon, Williams & Lick, Inc., American, founded 1898
• Type: admission tickets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (19.1 x 6.4 cm)
• Place depicted: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Track and field
• Object number: 2013.126.43
• 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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