1912olympics

FLAG DAY, June 14, 1912: The ship "Finland" was chartered by the U. S. Olympic Committee to carry the American Olympic Team to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It departed New York harbor on June 14, 1912 (the scene photographed above), and served as training and living quarters for the team as it crossed the Atlantic and during the games as well, when it was stationed in Stockholm harbor as a floating hotel. Story in the New York Times, February 27, 1912, discussing plans for the voyage: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9905E0D6173CE6...

Members of the American track and field team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The questioned name should be spelled Kiviat. Ralph Waldo Rose (1884-1913) won the gold medal in men's two-handed shot put. Patrick Joseph McDonald (McDonnell-) (1887-1954) won the gold for men's shot put and silver for men's two-handed shot put. Matthew John McGrath (1877-1941) took the gold medal in men's hammer throw. John Paul Jones (1890-1970) won no medals. Albert Richard "Abel" Kiviat (1892-1991) won silver in the men's 1,500 metre run and gold in the men's 3,000 metre run.

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