German cig. card: Jesse Owens 200-Meter Record at 1936 Olympics, issued 1936

Description

Offered here is a large b/w German cigarette card of the record-setting black American track and field star, Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The picture was issued in 1936 by the Reemtsma Cigarette Co. for the Volume II of the album
Olympiade 1936
(The Olympic Games of 1936). The text on the top back of the picture reads: “Jesse Owens (USA) at the start of the 200-meter finals which he won in an Olympic record time of 20.7 seconds.” [The remaining text on the back is advertising for the albums into which the picture cards could be affixed.]
The picture measures 4 and ¾ inches by 3 and 1/8 inches.
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