Olympics Games 100 years ago

Photo shows Tell Schirnding Berna (1891-1975), a Swiss-born American athlete who won the bronze medal in the marathon event at the 1912 Olympics.

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Unidentified athletes competing in the 110 meter race at the 1912 Olympics.

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Photo shows Josef Waitzer (1884-1966) (right), a German athlete who competed in the javelin throw, discus throw and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics.

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English football team

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Unidentified athlete who competed in the hurdle jump at the 1912 Olympics.

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Photo shows Duncan Gillis (1883-1965), a Canadian athlete who competed in the Hammer throw in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows C.C. Childs (1884-1960), American athlete and bronze medal winner in hammer throw at the 1912 Olympics and Simon Peter Gillis (1880-1964), a Canadian-born American athlete who competed in the hammer throw at the 1912 Olympics, standing at Hilltop Park, New York City.

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Unidentified swimmers who competed at the 1912 Olympics.

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Photo shows American Olympic athletes aboard the Red Star Line ship Finland, which transported the US Olympic team to the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows Patrick Joseph McDonald (1887-1954) member of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows Patrick Joseph McDonald (1887-1954), a member of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

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Photo shows the Red Star Line ship Finland, which transported the US Olympic team to the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows Gaston M. Strobino (1891-1968), a Swiss-born American athlete who won the bronze medal in the marathon event at the 1912 Olympics.

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100 Meter Swim - Olympic games

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Unidentified athletes who competed in the army rifle shooting event at the 1912 Olympics.

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Photo shows John Ira Courtney (1889-1968), a member of the American track and field team at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

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American athletes who competed in the marathon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows Platt Adams (1885-1961) with his brother Ben (b. 1890) and Jim Duncan (b. 1887) who were all American track and field athletes who competed in the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows (left to right) Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Norway (1884-1965), Duke of Sdermanland; Crown Prince Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) with their father King Gustav V at the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Photo shows Ralph Craig (1889-1972), a University of Michigan graduate who won two gold medals as a sprinter in the 1912 summer Olympics in Stockholm.

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Photo shows Crown Prince Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) talking with soccer players in stadium at the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.

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New York City - 5th Avenue - Parade of Olympic athletes, Aug. 1912.

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Photo shows members of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm - including Ralph Waldo Rose (1884-1913), Patrick Joseph McDonald (McDonnell) (1887-1954), Matthew John McGrath (1877-1941), John Paul Jones (1890-1970), and Albert Richard "Abel" Kiviat (1892-1991).

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Unidentified athletes who competed at the 1912 Olympics.

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General view as the nations take part in the opening game ceremonies of the V Olympic Games on May 5, 1912, in Stockholm, Sweden.

General view of the Opening ceremonies of the V Olympic Games on May 5, 1912, in Stockholm, Sweden.

General view of the Opening ceremonies of the V Olympic Games on May 5, 1912, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Unidentified athletes who competed at the 1912 Olympics.

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Photo shows Gustavus Town Kirby (far left), President of the Amateur Athletic Union and president of the American Olympic Committee for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and Charles Bunstein Stover (1861-1929), Parks Commissioner for New York City.

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Photo shows Walter Brickett (right) British Olympic Swimming coach at the 1912 Olympics.

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Photo showing Mayor William J. Gaynor at a parade in New York City related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912.

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