Black and White Photo of 1956 Olympic Finish

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
1956
paper

Black and white photo of three shells in the water, with one crossing the finish line. caption under the copy of the photo reads: "GREATEST MOMENT IN YALE'S ROWING HISTORY- The Elis (background) have just won the World Championship at the 1956 Olympics at Lake Wendouree at Ballarat, Australia. (Yale also won in 1921 but did not lose an opening heat on the way.) Canada is shown finishing second, and Australia third.'


2001.81.174.11

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