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Edwin Flack: Collection including transcripts of 1896 letters…
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Melbourne
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20-Oct-2019
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Edwin Flack: Collection including transcripts of 1896 letters from Edwin Flack to his father; invitations (2) re 1914 Olympic Congress in Paris; 1914 letters to Flack from British Olympic Association & Gordon Inglis (head of the Australian delegation); range of letters to Edwin Flack (25), receipts (42 - many for antiques & art), photographs (38 - some original, others reprinted), postcards (2); copy of death certificate; 1935 auction catalogue for his antique furniture & paintings. Many of the photographs & documents used to illustrate the book 'Edwin Flack - The Lion of Athens' by Peter Sweeney (Perth, 2004). (Edwin Flack was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative at the 1896 Athens Games, and first Olympic gold medallist, winning both the 800m & 1500m) (Qty 100+)
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Memorabilia: Sporting - Olympics and Other Games