Olympics. A snapshot history of the Olympic Games
Object
Art Book
Production date
2011
Object number
2012.203
Physical Description
Book with photographs showing shops with the Olympic title in it and some Games stories
Associated Person
Parker, Graham (Editor)
Material
Paper
Dimension
Width (Front): 21cm
Length (Front): 16cm
Length (Front): 16cm
On display?
No
Inscription
Olympics
From Ancient Olymia to Olympic fried chicken a snapshot history of the Olympic games
Olympic is a light-hearted history of the world’s greatest sporting event, brought to life through recently commissioned photographs taken around the streets of Britain.
What has olympic chicken and pizza got to do with Usain Bolt’s historic 100m victory?
What about the Olympic hair salon’s connection with Eric Liddell and the famous ‘chariots of fire’ olympics of 1924?
Why is olympic tyre car repairs the perfect image to explain the chaos of the bike racing in London in 1908?
The cheating shenanigans of a marathon runner; that’ll be an Olympic taxi for Frederick Lorz.
From ‘olympic sewing machines’ the photographs help tell the most outrageous and fascinating olympic stories since the games began all the way back in 776 BC.
OpenAgency
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9780956912701
£8.99
Openthebook.com
From Ancient Olymia to Olympic fried chicken a snapshot history of the Olympic games
Olympic is a light-hearted history of the world’s greatest sporting event, brought to life through recently commissioned photographs taken around the streets of Britain.
What has olympic chicken and pizza got to do with Usain Bolt’s historic 100m victory?
What about the Olympic hair salon’s connection with Eric Liddell and the famous ‘chariots of fire’ olympics of 1924?
Why is olympic tyre car repairs the perfect image to explain the chaos of the bike racing in London in 1908?
The cheating shenanigans of a marathon runner; that’ll be an Olympic taxi for Frederick Lorz.
From ‘olympic sewing machines’ the photographs help tell the most outrageous and fascinating olympic stories since the games began all the way back in 776 BC.
OpenAgency
-
-
9780956912701
£8.99
Openthebook.com