- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
- Subject of
- Owens, Jesse, American, 1913 - 1980
- Date
- August 9, 1936
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Ticket): 2 13/16 × 4 in. (7.1 × 10.2 cm)
- Caption
- On August 9, 1936 Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics in the 4x100 meter sprint relay.
- Description
- A paper ticket stub for 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The ticket stub is for the day that Jesse Owens won his 4th gold medal. The front of the ticket has a background image of a stadium in gray ink. Text around the stadium in the same ink reads: [Platz / Platz / Deutsche / Kampfbahn / Dr. Diem / GENERALSEKRETAR]. Red, blue, and black type on front of the ticket reads: [XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936 / OLYMPIA / STADION / Leichtathletik / 9. AUG. 15.00 UHR /RM / 1.50 / NR/ 06104]. Type along left side reads: [EINGANG / OST / UNTERRING / TUNNEL / BLOCK / T / REIHE / 19 / SITZ / 38]. The back of ticket features a diagram of the stadium.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- tickets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.89.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




