Ticket stub for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A paper ticket stub for 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The ticket stub is for the day that Jesse Owens won his 3rd gold medal. The front of the ticket has a background image of a stadium in gray ink. Text around the stadium in the same ink reads: [Platz / Platz / Deutsche / Kampfbahn / Dr. Diem / GENERALSEKRETAR]. Red, blue, and black type on front of ticket reads: [XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936 / OLYMPIA / STADION / Leichtathletik / 5.AUG. 10.30 UHR u. 15.00 UHR / RM / 2.50 / NR / 09757]. Type along left side reads: [EINGANG / OST / UNTERRING / TUNNEL / BLOCK / K / REIHE / 23 / SITZ / 105]. The back of ticket features a diagram of the stadium.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 5, 1936
• Created by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
• Subject of: Jesse Owens, American, 1913 - 1980
• Type: tickets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/4 × 4 in. (7 × 10.2 cm)
• Place used: Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2014.89.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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