Sale 2466 - Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks, February 15, 2018
286 c (AMERICAN ATHLETICS) Jim Thorpe breaking the tape at the conclusion of a 200 meter race, becoming the first Native American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. Ferrotyped silver print, the image measuring 4 5 / 8 x6 3 / 8 inches (11.7x16.2 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with various press agency labels, hand stamps, and notations, in pencil, on verso. 1912; printed 1930s [1,800/2,200]
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