Provided the 20-year-old could meet expectations at the 1924 Paris Olympics, ... Weissmuller and Kahanamoku left no doubt they would be on the SS America when it sailed for France.

Paris Olympics in 1924 inspires new exhibition. ... The University of Michigan student wrote the letter to his mother aboard the SS America, as he was about to sail to Paris.

Paris had previously hosted the Olympics in 1900 during the World's Fair, but that edition, which lasted nearly six months, was a complete fiasco. The French were determined to do much better in 1924.

On June 9, 1924, six years before the first World Cup, Uruguay won a gold medal and introduced the world to South American soccer. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in ...

Tassou said the 1924 Games also saw the rise of what has become an inescapable feature of the Olympics — swag. “This is the first merchandise, you could say, from the 1924 Olympics,” she said.

An exhibition inspired by the Paris Olympic Games in 1924 will reveal how international artists engaged with the themes of the sporting body a century ago. The event was the first truly ...

Tassou said the 1924 Games also saw the rise of what has become an inescapable feature of the Olympics — swag. “This is the first merchandise, you could say, from the 1924 Olympics,” she said.

The exhibition will show how the 1924 Olympics was a breakthrough in changing attitudes to body image, identity, class, race and gender, say organisers An exhibition inspired by the Paris Olympic ...