Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Creator: Unknown.

Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Creator: Unknown.

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Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Ritola (1896-1982) won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals. Nurmi (1897-1973) won nine gold and three silver medals in twelve events in the Olympic Games. At the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam, Ritola won gold in the men's 5,000 metres, and Nurmi won gold in the men's 10,000 metres. From "Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928. [Georg A Jasmatzi, A.-G., Dresden, Germany]


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Ville Ritola: Finnish: Athlete, long-distance runner
  2. Paavo Nurmi: Finnish: Athlete, runner
People Related
  1. Georg Anton Jasmatzi: German, Greek: Tobacco manufacturer

Picture Type
  1. Cigarette card

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands North Holland Amsterdam

  1. 52 21 00 N , 004 55 00 E

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3747x5666
File Size : 62,199kb


Aliases

  1. 0580062595
  1. 2-702-330
  1. 2702330

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