Part PHA/8/1/5/37 - [Page 36] Two newspaper cuttings of the Olympic Marathon race 1912; and the athletics meeting at the Stade Francais, n.d.; One photograph of Olympic Marathon race 1908

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[Page 36] Two newspaper cuttings of the Olympic Marathon race 1912; and the athletics meeting at the Stade Francais, n.d.; One photograph of Olympic Marathon race 1908

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Newspaper cutting with headline: "The Olympic Games" featuring an image of K McArthur (South Africa) winning the Marathon Race; Photograph is by Photo. Illustrations; Note in hand dating the cutting as 21 July 1912; 118x97mm. Photograph of Pietri Dorando (Italy), running mid-race, with caption "first home in the Marathon race, Windsor to the Stadium"; Photograph by Rotary Photo E.C.; Note in hand dating the photograph as 24 July 1908; 132x87mm. Newspaper cutting from The Daily Graphic, Wednesday May [29] with headline: "Polytechnic Harriers defeat the Stade Francais", featuring three images of the Whitsuntide meeting at St Cloud, Paris: the Polytechnic team - C H Frisby (who won the 400 metres), P Mann, A Trebble, D F McNicol (who won the 100 metres), G Higgs, P Markham, C W Taylor and the trainer; The Stade Francais team; the finish of the 100 metres, won by G Higg, Frisby second; 180x193mm.