Crowd welcoming George Romney at airport after failed Olympics bid
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Description
View of crowd of well-wishers greeting Governor George Romney at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after Detroit's failed bid for the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. Signs read: "No games .. but still game. Welcome back! Thanks for a fine try," "All our thanks for a great try," "Thanks welcome home" and "'72 Olympics or bust." Crowd stands behind fence. Label on back: "Well-wishers greet Gov. Romney." Stamped on back: "Detroit Free Press, Oct. 19, 1963, photo by Jerry Heiman."
Details
- Creator:
- Heiman, Jerry
- Detroit Free Press
- Resource ID:
- bh029074
- Subject:
- Crowds--Michigan--Detroit
- Signs and signboards--Michigan--Detroit
- Romney, George W., 1907-1995
- Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico)
- Detroit Metro Airport
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1963-10-19
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- E&M B R666 Romney
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.