Title

Presentation party at the Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 1906. Artist: S and G

Caption

Presentation party at the Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 1906. King George of Greece (1863-1913) plus other dignitaries. Successful competitors were presented with crowns of olive leaves. Athens hosted the first Olympics of the modern era in 1896. In 1906 it hosted the Intercalated Games, the only games held outside of the normal four yearly cycle.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D78_433

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (1,2Mb) / 15,1in x 7,7in / 4531 x 2311 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male sport sports crowd man men walking fashion guy Greek dress Greece Athens war Olympics century lady concept B&W MONOCHROME Olympic games rambling military uniform black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century dignitary TGN George I King George I of Greece photograph King of Greece Schleswig William George I of Hellenes Historica Graphica Collection presentation party S and G photograph