Identity area
Reference code
PHA/8/2/92
Title
Spectators waiting to welcome the Winner: The Marathon Race
Date(s)
- [24 Jul 1908] (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 item, Postcard
Context area
Name of creator
(1826-1995)
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Scope and content
Photographic postcard showing crowds of spectators at one end of the Franco-British Stadium. Series 4208, Davidson Brothers Real Photographic Series.
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Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Language of material
- English
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Note
The capacity crowd of some 90,000 is believed to be the largest gathering of people in one place anywhere in the world at that date. Source: The 1908 Olympic Games, the Great Stadium and the Marathon - A Pictorial Record by Bob Wilcock.