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Title: [Charles Blyth signs the first construction contract for the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1960 Oct. 7
Contributing Institution: San Francisco Public Library
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Description: Folder: Portraits-Blyth, Charles R.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
On back: First Olympic Contract Signed--The first contract covering construction of major buildings and basic installations at the Squaw Valley site of the 1960 Winter Olympics was signed in San Francisco today (October 7) in the office of Charles R. Blyth, chairman of the California Olympic Commission. The contract totals $2,307,700. Olympic pennant is seen in background. Pictured at the signing ceremony are (l. to r.) Blyth, Mr. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr., president of the Organizing Committee for the Games, and Mr. Paul B. Young, president of Diversified Builders, Inc.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Blyth, Charles R
Portraits--Blyth, Charles R
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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