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Title
Statement on Olympics tv coverage
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Chinn, Paul
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph dated July 30, 1984 shows Britain's Daley Thompson wearing a T-shirt which reads "But what about the TV coverage?" on the back. The statement is commenting on ABC-TV's coverage of the Olympic Games, which was criticized for being too focused on American athletes. The front of the shirt (not visible) read, "Thanks America for a Good Games and a Great Time."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00146132
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Sports-Olympics
CARL0005598097
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/34678
Subject
Thompson, Daley
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic Games--(23rd :--1984 :--Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic athletes--Great Britain
Athletes--Great Britain
Decathletes--Great Britain
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Flags--Great Britain
T-shirts--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Stadiums--California--Los Angeles
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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