Stella Walsh and Babe Didrikson, Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games, 8.5" x 6.5" King Features Syndicate Original Press Photograph...

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Stella Walsh and Babe Didrikson, Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games, 8.5" x 6.5" King Features Syndicate Original Press Photograph. PSA/DNA Type 1. Collection of Anthony Bruno. Vintage gelatin silver semi-gloss 8.5" x 6.5" press photograph of Stella Walsh [Stanislawa Walasiewicz] and Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson, Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games, with King Features Syndicate wet stamp and "A-729" print number in grease pencil, paper caption, and OCT 23 1932 date stamp on the verso. Didrikson won five events at the trials but was limited to three events, winning gold in the 80-meter hurdles and javelin, and silver in the high jump. Walsh won gold in the 100-meter sprint, equaling the world record time of 11.9 seconds, and set 20 world records in track and field events representing Poland during her career, from sprints to the discus throw. After her fatal assault during a robbery in 1980, her autopsy revealed she had a chromosmal disorder known as mosaicism, and was determined to be intersex. From the Collection of Anthony Bruno.

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