Two press photographs of Dorando Pietri, the first a 6 by 8in, from the Topical Press, backstamp dated 1956, the famous image of the Italian athlete b

Two press photographs of Dorando Pietri, the first a 6 by 8in, from the Topical Press, backstamp dated 1956, the famous image of the Italian athlete being assisted across the finishing line in the 1908 London Olympic Games marathon which led to his disqualification and the promotion of the American runner Johnny Hayes to win the gold medal; the second photograph, sepia-toned, 5 by 7in., backstamped for George Grantham Bain, New York, shows Hayes and Pietri at the start of a re-match race after both athletes turned professional, being an indoor marathon over 260 laps of Madison Square Garden in 1909