Ticket for 2004 Summer Olympics athletics event owned by Carl Lewis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

White, blue, orange, yellow, green, and pink Olympic ticket with black type. The official pictogram for Athletics appears at the center of the ticket. Ticket is for a athletics event taking place at 20:00 on August 26, 2004. The event took place at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 26, 2004
• Distributed by: Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games S.A., Greek, 1998 - 2004
• Owned by: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
• Type: admission tickets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 15/16 x 2 5/8 in. (15.1 x 6.7 cm)
• Place depicted: Olympic Athletic Center of Athens, Athens, Greece, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Track and field
• Object number: 2013.126.45
• 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.