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1956 Melbourne Olympic Games souvenir shirt
1956
National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia
Details
- Title: 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games souvenir shirt
- Date Created: 1956
- Location Created: Hong Kong
- External Link: Collection explorer, Defining Moments in Australian History
- Physical Description: Man's large-size short-sleeved maroon cotton casual shirt. It is printed with a matrix of white diagonal dotted lines, Olympic torch motifs, and the Olympic rings. Superimposed on them in a random fashion are 'brushed-on' splashes of yellow that contain stylised images of athletes performing an Olympic sport, such as; javelin, discus, diving; running; and equestrian, and some others contain 'Olympic 1956'. The shirt buttons down the front and it has a stand-and-fall collar.
- Material: Cotton cloth
- Dimensions: W 465 x H 590
- Collection: Bryan Griffin collection
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