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Women's Fencing Champions at the New York World's Fair
Women's Champion Fencers participate in bouts at the New York World's Fair to raise money for the Olympic fund. Competitors included Helena Mroczkowska-Dow, Dorothy Grimmelman, Grace Acel Anderson, Dorothy Kerfoot, Mary Ann Harris, and Barbara…
Charles Vical with Daughter Jeanne Vical
Professor and Captain Charles Vical with daughter, fencer Jeanne Vical
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"Prof. Charles Vical and Daughter Jeanne
Santa Monica, Calif. ---- Prof. Charles Vical; LL.M.Lic.En.Dr. one of the most famous of French swordsman who…
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"Prof. Charles Vical and Daughter Jeanne
Santa Monica, Calif. ---- Prof. Charles Vical; LL.M.Lic.En.Dr. one of the most famous of French swordsman who…
American Olympic Competitors on Board the SS Manhattan
American Olympic competitors practicing on board the SS Manhattan en route to Hamburg for the Olympics.
Thomas J. Sands Lunging
Thomas J. Sands pictured advancing toward the viewer mid-lunge.
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Lt. Thomas J. Sands, National Champion, is pictured in the Olympic Epee Tryouts in the New York Athletic Club. They were held under the auspices of the Amateur…
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Lt. Thomas J. Sands, National Champion, is pictured in the Olympic Epee Tryouts in the New York Athletic Club. They were held under the auspices of the Amateur…
Portrait of Aldo Nadi Lunging
Portrait of Aldo Nadi lunging toward the viewer.
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Aldo Nadi, who would rank with D'Artagnan if he (Nadi) lived in that Romantic period, is pictured in New York as he rehearses for his U.S. debut in fencing. Nadi, acknolwdged…
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Aldo Nadi, who would rank with D'Artagnan if he (Nadi) lived in that Romantic period, is pictured in New York as he rehearses for his U.S. debut in fencing. Nadi, acknolwdged…
US Olympic Fencers Guggolz, Lloyd, and Locke
Olympic fencers Muriel Evelyn Guggolz, Marian Lloyd, and Dorothy Locke pose in Los Angeles.
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Will represent America in Olympic Fencing
Some of the world's best amateur athletes will be at swords points in the Olympic Games at…
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Will represent America in Olympic Fencing
Some of the world's best amateur athletes will be at swords points in the Olympic Games at…
Members of the American Fencing Team
American Olympic Fencing Team members Ralph Faulkner, Harold Corbin, Theodore "Ted" Lorber, and Edith Jane pose for press photos.
"Los Angeles Fencers named for Olympic Team
Ralph Faulkner and Hal Corbin of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and…
"Los Angeles Fencers named for Olympic Team
Ralph Faulkner and Hal Corbin of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and…
American Olympic Fencers Ted Lorber, Harold Corbin, and Ralph Faulkner
(L to R): Theodore "Ted" Lorber, Harold Corbin, and Ralph Faulkner pose for the camera after being selected for the American Olympic team.
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"Los Angeles Fencers named for Olympic Team
Ralph Faulkner and Hal Corbin of the Los Angeles…
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"Los Angeles Fencers named for Olympic Team
Ralph Faulkner and Hal Corbin of the Los Angeles…
The National Guard Armory at Exposition Park
Photograph of the National Guard Armory at Exposition Park in Los Angeles which served as the Olympic Fencing Pavillion during the 1932 Olympics.
Mexico's Fencing Team at the Olympic Village
A photograph of the Mexican fencing team posing at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles.
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"Mexico is making its first real bid as an athletic nation.
In the forthcoming Olympic Games.
There are 60 members of the Mexican team quartered…
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"Mexico is making its first real bid as an athletic nation.
In the forthcoming Olympic Games.
There are 60 members of the Mexican team quartered…
Canadian Fencing Team Posing at the Olympic Village
The Canadian Fencing Team poses at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles. Seated is Henri Delcellier, left to right above him is: Bertram William Markus, Patrick Farrell, and Ernest Alfred Dalton.
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Members of the Canadian Fencing Team…
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Members of the Canadian Fencing Team…
Program for the 1960 Olympics Sabre Events
A 19 page program for the 1960 Olympics sabre fencing events in Rome, Italy. The program covers participants, individual, and team events in English, Italian, and French.
Bout Between E. Kofoed-Hansen vs. G. Pessina
Erik Kofoed-Hansen and Giorgio Pessina pictured fencing foil during a 1932 Olympic bout.
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Italy's swordsmen triumphed over the Danish team 12-4 in the team fencing jousts at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, but in this particular…
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Italy's swordsmen triumphed over the Danish team 12-4 in the team fencing jousts at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, but in this particular…
Bout Between E. Kofoed-Hansen vs. G. Pessina
Erik Kofoed-Hansen and Giorgio Pessina pictured fencing foil during a 1932 Olympic bout.
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Italy's swordsmen triumphed over the Danish team 12-4 in the team fencing jousts at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, but in this particular…
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Italy's swordsmen triumphed over the Danish team 12-4 in the team fencing jousts at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, but in this particular…
Bout Between H. Alessandroni vs J. Piot
Hugh Alessandroni and Jean Piot pictured fencing foil during the 1932 Olympic games.
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Hugh Allesandroni [sic], American foilsman, pictured winning from Jean Piot, French ace, 5-2 in the American-French team competitions of the…
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Hugh Allesandroni [sic], American foilsman, pictured winning from Jean Piot, French ace, 5-2 in the American-French team competitions of the…
E. A. Dalton at the 1932 Olympics
Portrait of Ernest Alfred Dalton with his weapons at the Olympic Village in 1932.
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E. A. Dalton, fencing champion of Canada in 1932 and member of the Canadian Olympic Team, shows some of his weapons at Olympic Village in Los…
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E. A. Dalton, fencing champion of Canada in 1932 and member of the Canadian Olympic Team, shows some of his weapons at Olympic Village in Los…
Edwardo Prieto Lopez and Edwardo Prieto Souza at the 1932 Olympics
Portrait of Edwardo Prieto Souza and his son Edwardo Prieto Lopez, both members of the Mexican fencing team, at the 1932 Olympics.
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For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games
A father and son are competing on the…
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For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games
A father and son are competing on the…
1932 Olympics Men's Foil Winners
Winners from First to Third place (left to right) of the Men's Foil competition: Gustavo Marzi (Italy), Joseph Louis Levis (USA), Giulio Gaudini (Italy).
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First, Second, Third Place Winners In Foils Events
Photo shows (left to…
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First, Second, Third Place Winners In Foils Events
Photo shows (left to…
1932 French Olympic Fencing Team
Portrait of the 1932 French Olympic Fencing Team. From left to right: Georges Eugène William Buchard, Bernard Jules Robert Schmetz, Jean Piot, Philippe Louis Eugène Cattiau, Fernand Jourant, Georges Charles Armand Tainturier.
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Fencing Match Between C. Agostoni and F. Valero Recio
1932 Olympic Fencing match between Carlo Agostoni of Italy (left) and Francisco Valero Recio of Mexico (right).
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G. Agostoni, intercollegiate sword champion of Italy in a match against F. Recio of Mexico, in today's program of…
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G. Agostoni, intercollegiate sword champion of Italy in a match against F. Recio of Mexico, in today's program of…