Olympic Games/ summer, 1912/ Stockohlm/ Thorpe/ - Lot 51

Olympic Games/ summer, 1912/ Stockohlm/ Thorpe/ Jim Thorpe Set of 10 pieces about Jim Thorpe, his exploits, his Indian ancestry, and the atmostphere of the Games: a) Program dedicated (by the champion in pencil) to the 20th Annual American Indian Exposition in Anadarko, Oklahoma, in honor of Jim Thorpe, cover by Y.Lores, August 13-18, 1951 (the 18th Thorpe day), 20 p, 28x22, BE, rare; b) SuperBowl envelope of January 19, 1985, with Jim Thorpe (USA, 20c) stamp as US soccer player, San Francisco 49, National Conference Champions 85; c) two private originals, in black and white, of Jim Thorpe in front of a teepee with friends, 9x9; d) original press photo of Jim Thorpe in Los Angeles, June 29, 1931. With period caption. The champion with the attributes of his Sac Fox tribe. 20X15.5; e) image Greatest Olympians, Vth Olympiad 1912, Stockholm, USA, Jim Thorpe, 1983; f) two rare lithographed color cpa views of the 1912 Olympic Stadium from two angles, 9x14; g) Number 848 of "Tip Top Weekly, July 13, 1912, 5 cents, an ideal publication for the American Youth, the hero Dick Merriwell in Stockholm..." 20 of 32 pages (28x20)L two small chips on cover (Street and Smith Publischers, NY). In the same series, issues 847 and 49 are also devoted to the Games; h) Large official photo of Jim Thorpe high jump, published by The Olympic Comittee United States, b&w, 41x30.5.