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The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Olympics" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics.
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Selected Articles from Chronicling America

1896

"Sports at Athens"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), March 21, 1896, Page 15, Image 15, col. 3.
"Revival of the Olympic Games at Athens, Greece"
Essex County Herald. (Guildhall, VT), April 10, 1896, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"The Olympic Games"
The Black Hills Union. (Rapid City, SD), December 4, 1896, Image 3, col. 1.

1900

"Princeton Will be Represented in the Olympic Games at Paris"
The Sun. (New York, NY), June 13, 1899, Page 9, Image 9, col. 3.
"Sports of the Week"
Virginian-Pilot. (Norfolk, VA), July 15, 1900, Image 9, Page 9, col. 1.
"American Athletics in 1900"
The Kimball Graphic. (Kimball, ND), August 4, 1900, Image 3, col. 3.

1904

"Classical Contests"
The Kalispell Bee. (Kalispell, MO), March 6, 1903, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"Many Foreign Athletes Will Compete in Olympic Games"
The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, MO), August 28, 1904, Part II, Page 5, Image 19, col 1-4.
“Olympian Games”
The Evening Bulletin. (Maysville, KY), August 30, 1904, Image 1, Page 1, col. 3.
"Americans Won"
The Evening Bulletin. (Maysville, KY), September 1, 1904, Image 1, col. 5.
“Group of Athletes Who Set New Marks in Olympic Games Last Week"
The St. Louis Republic. (Saint Louis, MO), September 4, 1904, Image 18, Page 18.
"1906 Not as Good as That of 1900"
The Hawaiian Star. (Honolulu, HI), April 19, 1906, Second Edition, Page 6, Image 6, col 3-4.

1908

"Olympic Games to be Held in London"
The Salt Lake Tribune. (Salt Lake City, UT), April 21, 1907, Sporting Section, Page 2, Image 23, col. 1-3.
"King Edward Opens the Olympic Games at Shepards Bush"
The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco, CA), July 14, 1908, Page 9, Image 9, col. 1-2.
"Olympic Games Ended with America Easily in the Lead"
Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles, CA), July 26, 1908, Page 3, Image 13, col. 1-2.

1912

"Collegians in Olympic Games"
The Evening Times. (Grand Folks, ND), May 24, 1912, Image 3, col. 5.
"One Hundred and Thirty-six American Athletes Compete in Olympic Games"
The Washington Times. (Washington, DC), June 28, 1912, Last Edition, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1.
"The Terrible Yank"
The Day Book. (Chicago, IL), July 8, 1912, Image 11, col. 1.
"America 1, Sweden 2, Great Britain 3 in Fifth International Olympiad"
Willmar Tribune. (Willmar, MN), July 24, 1912, Image 3, col. 1.
"First Action Pictures from the Great Olympic Games"
The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, WA), July 22, 1912, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"Olympic Records Show American Athletes are Getting Better in Every Meet"
The Citizen. (Honesdale, PA), July 31, 1912, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2-3.

1916

"United States May Draw the Olympic Games from Germany"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Oahu, HI), August 21, 1914, 2:30 Edition, Page 9, Image 9, col. 2.
"European War Halts the Plans for Olympic Games"
The Washington Herald. (Washington, DC), January 3, 1915, Page 2, Image 6, col. 1-2.

1920

"American Athletes on Tiptoe for Olympic Games"
The Washington Herald. (Washington, DC), July 18, 1920, Image 25, col. 1-6.
"Seventh Olympiad at Antwerp"
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, OK), August 29, 1920, Image 3, col. 1-7.
"Olympic Athletes Revolt Against Leaders- Zone 6 Battle Shops Lads"
The Washington Times. (Washington, DC), September 13, 1920, Final Edition, Page 14, Image 14, col. 1.

1924

"First day's events find U.S. listed third in points"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), January 27, 1924, Image 59, col 1.
"Norway winds Olympic Winter Sports"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), February 4, 1924, Page 26, Image 26, col. 1.
"U.S. Fourth in Winter Sports"
New Britain Herald. (New Britain, CT), February 5, 1924, Page 8, Image 8, col. 3.
"Cameras and electric apparatus may aid judges in Olympic Games"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), March 23, 1924, Page 3, Image 79, col. 5-8.
“Outlook For United States in Coming Olympic Games Considered Bright”
The Birmingham age-herald. (Birmingham, AL), June 22, 1924, Image 11, Page 11.
“America Jumps into Big Lead at Olympic Meet"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, IN), July 9, 1924, Image 12, Page 12.
"U.S. Seeks Olympic tennis and swimming honors, after track and field victory"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), July 14, 1924, Page 25, Image 25, col. 1.
"U.S. Again Victor in Olympic Games but Premier Events Goes to Finnish Athletes”
Daily Kennebec journal. (Augusta, ME), July 14, 1924, Image 1, Page 1, col. 6.
“Olympic Games”
The Topeka state journal. (Topeka, KS), August 23, 1904, Image 8, Page 8.

1928

"Women in Olympic track events for the first time"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), June 27, 1928, Page 31, Image 31, col. 1.
"Ninth Olympiad Will Begin Sunday at Amsterdam"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, IN), July 29, 1928, Image 29, Part 4, Page 1.
"U.S. and Finland Share Spotlight on Opening Day of Olympics"
Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, TX), July 30, 1928, Image 10, Page 10.
"American Swimmers Climax Week of Triumph"
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), August 12, 1928, Image 61, Part 5, Page 1.
"Dutch Queen Makes Awards to Athletes"
The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, ND), August 13, 1928, Image 8, Page 8, col. 7.

1932

“350 Athletes Start Olympic Ice Carnival”
The Indianapolis times. (Indianapolis, IN), February 4, 1932, Image 12, Page 12.
“United States Becomes Outstanding Favorite in Olympics”
The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, ND), February 5, 1932, Image 6, Page 6.
“Camera Slants at Olympics”
Las Vegas age. (Las Vegas, NV), February 7, 1932, Image 5, Page 5, col. 3.
“Labor Sports”
The Daily Worker. (New York, NY), July 16, 1932, Image 4, Page 4, col. 2.
“Fist Fights, Gun Play and Foreign Rancor Precede Olympics”
The Waterbury Democrat. (Waterbury, CT), July, 26 1932, Image 12, Page 12.
“Nurmi is Barred from Olympics on Pro Charges”
Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, TX), July 29, 1932, Image 6, Page 6.
“Olympic Host Down to Business Tomorrow: Two Columbia Course Marks”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), July, 30 1932, Image 11, Page A-11.
“News of the Day in Pictures”
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news. (Red Lodge, MT), August 10, 1932, Image 3, Page 3.
Photos
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), August 14, 1932, Image 84.

1936

“Olympics Opened This Morning in Berlin Before 110,000 People”
The Waterbury Democrat. (Waterbury, CT), August 1, 1936, Image 1, Page 1.
“The Sports of the Times”
The Washington times. (Washington, DC), August 5, 1936, Image 27, Page 27.
“American Athletes Unpopular Because Of Winning Ways”
The Waterbury Democrat. (Waterbury, CT), August 6, 1936, Image 14, Page 14.
“Owens 'King' of Olympics”
Twin-City herald. (Minneapolis, MN), August 8, 1936, Image 1, Page 1.
“Owens, Olympic Hero”
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, MI), August 8, 1936, Image 1, Page 1.
“Ford Flays Hitler Snub of Negro Stars”
Twin-City herald. (Minneapolis, MN), August 15, 1936, Image 1, Page 1.

1940-1944

“Japan Abandons Olympic Game Plans in Tokyo”
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, CA), July 14, 1938, Image 4, Page 4, col. 2.
“Sass and Gas: Olympics”
Brewery Gulch gazette. (Bisbee, AZ), April 25, 1940, Image 1, Page 1, col. 4.
“War Ended Olympics, Says Ex-Games Head”
The Wilmington morning star. (Wilmington, NC), May 31, 1942, Image 8, Page 8, col. 4.
“Postwar Sports Events Advocated”
Jackson Advocate. (Jackson, MS), April 8, 1944, Image 7, Page 7, col. 5.

1948

“Biggest Olympics in History Opened by George VI in London”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), July 29, 1948, Image 1, Page 1, col. 2.
“U.S. Athletes Win Several Olympic Firsts”
The Nome nugget. (Nome, AK), August 2, 1948, Image 1, Page 1, col. 3.

1952

“Olympic Games Open in Downpour, but 70,000 Ignore Rain”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), July 19, 1952, Image 10, Page A-10.
“Record Breaking Olympic Games”
The Key West citizen. (Key West, FL), July 23, 1952, Image 6, Page 6, col. 2.
“Yanks Win Championship in Final Rounds of Olympic Games”
The Daily Record. (Dunn, NC), August 4, 1952, Image 5, Page 5.

1956

“U.S. Athletes Pile Up Olympic Medals”
The Key West citizen. (Key West, FL), November 26, 1956, Image 7, Page 7, col. 1.
“Hungary Wins Rough Match with Russians”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), December 6, 1956, Image 65, Page C-1, col. 4.
“Olympics’ Last Day Livened by Protests”
The Key West citizen. (Key West, FL), December 7, 1956, Image 11, Page 11, col. 2.
“Olympians on Way Home to Tension-Filled World”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), December 10, 1956, Image 20, Page A-20, col. 1.

1960

“Keep Your Eye on Linda”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), February 7, 1960, Image 136, Page 28.
“Athletes Open Action in Winter Olympics”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), February 19, 1960, Image 63, Page D-1, col. 4.
“Hockey Victory Caps Successful Olympics”
Evening Star. (Washington, DC), February 29, 1960, Image 18, Page A-18, col. 4.

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