Olympic athlete's autograph book from the Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics, 3.25 x 4.25, signed throughout by more than 90 members of the United States Olympic team. Distributed by United States Lines, the front cover is gilt-stamped: "My Trip Abroad." On two pages, Alderman records brief diary entries about the voyage from New York to Amsterdam. One highlight in the book is Herman Brix, a gold-medal winning shot putter, who, under the name Bruce Bennett, became a successful film and television actor, best known for playing Tarzan. Additionally includes 37 original candid photographs, all approximately 3 x 2.5, many showing the ship and athletes on board, plus a few of the Olympic track and field events.
Signers in the autograph book include:
100m: Claude Bracey, Robert McAllister, Frank Wycoff, Henry Russell, and Jimmy Quinn
200m: Charles Borah, Henry Cumming, Charles Paddock, and Jackson Scholz
400m: Joseph Tierney, Emil Snider, Herman Phillips, and Ray Barbutti
800m: Earl Fuller, Lloyd Hahn, Raymond Watson, and John Sittig
1500m: Lloyd Hahn, Ray Conger, Sidney Robinson, and Nick Carter
5000m: Dave Abbott, Leo Lemond, Charles Haworth, and John Macauly Smith
10000m: John Romig and Joie Ray
Marathon: Clarence DeMar, James Henigan, William Agee, Joie Ray, Harvey Frick, and Albert Michelson
110M Hurdles: Steve Anderson, Carl Ring, Leighton Dye, John Collier, and J. Ross Nichols
400M Hurdles: Robert Maxwell, Johnny Gibson, Frank Cuhel, and Morgan Taylor
3000M Steeplechase: William Spencer, Melvin Dalton, Jesse Montgomery, and Walter Gegan
4 x 100M Relay: James Quinn
4 X 400M Relay: George Baird, Frederick Alderman, Emerson Spencer, and John Lewis
High Jump: Harold Osborn, Benjamin Hedges, Robert King, and Charles McGinnis
Pole Vault: Lee Barnes, William Droegemiller, Sabin Carr, and Charles McGinnis
Long Jump: Alfred Bates, Edward Hamm, Edward Gordon, and William DeHart Hubbard
Triple Jump: Robert Kelley, Sidney Bowman, and Levi Casey
Shot Put: Eric Krenz, Herman Brix, John Kuck, and Harlow Rothert
Discus: James Corson, Clarence Houser, Frederick Weiker, and John Anderson
Hammer: Donald Gwinn, Edmund Black, Kenneth Caskey, and Frank Connor
Javelin: Arthur Sager, Lee Bartlett, Charles Harlow, and Creth Hines
Decathlon: James Stewart, John Doherty, Bernard Berlinger, and Thomas Churchill
Coaches: N. C. Hayhurst and Henry Schultz
Ladies: Rayna Wilson and Lillian Copeland
Crew: Bill Thompson
Swimmers: Suzanne Laird, Lisa Lindstrom, and George Coleman
Wrestling: Bob Hewitt
Boxer: George Russo
Stowaways: Clyde Blanchard and Frank Hussey
In fine condition, with light cover wear to the autograph book.
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