Card, Collecting
Object number2024.50.1
Manufacturer
The Upper Deck Company
Date1996
OriginUnited States of America
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
DescriptionRectangular paper Olympic collecting card of Roger Kingdom. Heavy plasticized paper card has color photograph on front and back. Front has horizontal orientation and features African American man hurdling mid-race; man wears hooded red and white bodysuit that is sleeveless with shorts; second runner on the viewer's right; background is blurry crowd; gold text along top and bottom provides event and maker information. Reverse has vertical orientation with American flag background; viewer's left half is color photograph of African American male pointing with proper right hand to the sky and wearing a sleeveless blue bodysuit and sunglasses; viewer's right half has gold and black text with event information; card number in viewer's top left corner; event and maker text along bottom.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 3.5 x 2.5 x 0.031 in. (8.9 x 6.4 x 0.1 cm)InscriptionsFront has gold text along the bottom "U.S. OLYMPIC / MOMENTS / Roger Kingdom".
Reverse has gray text in the viewer's top left corner "32".
Reverse has black, gold, and red text printed on the viewer's right half: "In an event / traditionally / dominated by / Americans, 110- / meter hurdler Roger / Kingdom stood head / and shoulders above / his competition / during two straight / Summer Olympic / Games. / After a / close / finish in / Los / Angeles in / 1984, / Kingdom captured / his second gold in / Seoul by a / convincing margin, / in the process / bettering his own / Games record. / Roger Kingdom / USA / [Olympic rings]".
Reverse's photograph features man wearing red number "303" on chest and black number "7" on proper right thigh.
Reverse has red text in the viewer's bottom left corner "USA / [Olympic rings]".
MarksFront has gold text along the top "UPPER DECK TM / USA / [Olympic rings] / OLYMPICARD TM".
Reverse has text along the bottom, from viewer's left to right: black text "... / ©1996 The Upper Deck Company...Printed / in the USA. The Upper Deck Company is an official licensee of the U.S. Olympic / Committee..."; logo with yellow and orange text "UPPER / DECK / TM"; and circular hologram with silver/blue repeated text "UPPER DECK".
Historical Notes1996 Olympic Champions Roger Kingdom trading card.
Related person
Roger Kingdom
(born 1962)
Related institution
United States Olympic Committee
On View
Not on view
1992
Stella Marrs
