3-021-394 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

''The 1948 London Olympic Games" - back cover, 1948. Souvenir booklet for visitors to the Olympic Games, showing a map of the area to the west of London with railway and underground lines, stations, and sports grounds in French and Spanish as well as English: 'Hockey, Olympic Centre, (Housing/Logements/Alojamiento), Training Track - Piste d'Entrainment/Pista de Entrenamiento, Stadium - Stade - Estadio'. Also shown are the Empire Stadium and Empire Pool. The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and 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. Produced and published by S. Evelyn Thomas. Printed by J. W. Vernon & Co Ltd.