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Lot # 931: First African American to Win an Individual Olympic Gold Medal (10 photos)

Category: All Sports

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Item was in Auction "April 2007 Catalog",
which ran from 4/30/2007 12:00 AM to
5/3/2007 9:00 PM



Early images (1920s) of De Hart Hubbard, the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics (at the 1924 Paris Games). Includes set of five from 1926 meet including nice posed portraits, pair of 1925 oversized in action shots, shattering two world records at Stagg Field (1925), and two pivotal 1924 Olympic winner's photo and making his winning jumps both with original paper captions (gorgeous). Overall EX+ and 7x9".

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