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Certificate, Achievement
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Certificate, Achievement

Object number2003.47.34
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Date1934
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Cleon Wingard
DescriptionWhite paper certificate elaborately decorated in black, red and blue ink.Dimensions13 x 18.5 in. (33 x 47 cm)
InscriptionsAt the top are the initials "F A N A" in red and blue calligraphy. Below this the certificate reads: WE HEREBY CERTIFY THE PERFORMANCE OF / MISS L .KIGHT UNITED STATES / 500 YARDS FREESTYLE 6 MIN. 15.2 SEC. / MADE ON MARCH 21 1934 AT BOSTON / DULY PASSED BY THE / AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION / TO BE A / WORLD'S SWIMMING RECORD / CONFIRMED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES / OF THIS FEDERATION / FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION AMATEUR. Below this are the signatures of the Hon. Secretary and the President of the federation. Between these signatures it is stamped by the Federation with the number "1908"
MarksAt bottom center front: "KELEMEN NYOMDA BUDAPEST"
Historical NotesCertificate of World's Swimming Record, 500 yards Freestyle, 1934. Donated by Cleon Wingard, whose mother, Lenore Kight Wingard, was an Olympic swimmer and an internationally renowned athlete in the 1930s.
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