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05-27-2009, 08:47 PM
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Olympic poster
Neat poster! According to Wikipedia, both the 1896 and 1906 Olympics were held in April; thus, the June-July dates on the poster almost certainly mean it's from either 1895 or 1905. The gentlemen dressed in suits with bowties and straw hats in the background, and the post Spanish-American war military uniforms, to me suggest a 1905 poster for the 1906 Games the following April.
Last edited by Hal Kaplan; 05-27-2009 at 08:49 PM. Reason: repeated word deleted 
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05-29-2009, 08:51 PM
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Grant Stadium is now Soldier Field!!
Hey Thanks one and all for help and your appreciation.
Smokeless, You really hit it big with your info that Soldier Field was originally Grant Field...I didn't know that!! Hal Kaplan, Now that's a very interesting aspect....So if the try-outs were in June 1905 and the games in April 06' that would have given the United States Olympic committee about ten months to select, organize and train the team...that sounds about right. And now that you bring up the procession cycle, I suppose there may have been other try-out sites in different regions of the country. Thanks very much, I hadn't considered the time frame until you mentioned it, and the 1905 makes sense.
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