Paris 1924 Olympic Games USA Women's Aquatic Team signed official postcard, No.332, signed by all 24 of the USA women's aquatic team, each signature numbered 1 to 24 identifying corresponding athlete in picture; sold with details of medal winners, possibly in Lucy Morton’s handwriting (2) At the 1924 Olympics women's aquatic events, the USA took 14 out of 18 possible individual gold medals plus the 4 x 100 metres relay gold. Every medal winner's autograph is seen on the postcard. The three springboard diving events were all won by USA (Becker-Pinkston, Riggin and Fletcher) and of the four gold medals the team failed to win, three went to England (including Morton's 200 metres breaststroke) and one to Sweden. Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection
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Paris 1924 Olympic Games USA Women's Aquatic Team signed official postcard, No.332, signed by all 24 of the USA women's aquatic team, each signature numbered 1 to 24 identifying corresponding athlete in picture; sold with details of medal winners, possibly in Lucy Morton’s handwriting (2) At the 1924 Olympics women's aquatic events, the USA took 14 out of 18 possible individual gold medals plus the 4 x 100 metres relay gold. Every medal winner's autograph is seen on the postcard. The three springboard diving events were all won by USA (Becker-Pinkston, Riggin and Fletcher) and of the four gold medals the team failed to win, three went to England (including Morton's 200 metres breaststroke) and one to Sweden. Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection