3-020-999 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"Olympic Games - Athletics' Pictorial Souvenir - London 1948" - front cover, 1948. Souvenir booklet for visitors to the Olympic Games, showing the Discobolus - discus-thrower - an ancient Greek sculpture, and athletes competing in the high-jump, pole-vault, hurdling and running. The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad, also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin. Edited by P. W. Green, published by John Langdon Ltd, printed by Kent Art Printers Ltd.