Name/Title
10th Pan American Games PostcardEntry/Object ID
1987.052.004Description
The front of the postcard is a color illustration in the shape of a postage stamp, on top of a grey background; the illustration itself has a red background with a figure in various colors running by (multiple iterations of the same figure to show movement); on the top left corner of the illustration is "22 / USA" in grey print; along the bottom of the illustration is "Pan American Games Indianapolis 1987" also in grey print.
On the back of the postcard is a postage stamp identical to the illustration on the front in the top right-hand corner. Everything printed on the back is in black: down the middle, vertically: "Stamp Design © 1986 United States Postal Service (USPS); Official License PAX/ Indianapolis: / Memorabilia, P.O. Box 1082 Indpls., IN 46206; Non-Exclusive License of USPS; Authorized by PAX/Indianapolis"; bottom right-hand corner: "Thirty-eight Western Hemisphere nations will be represented at / The Tenth Pan American Games Indianapolis 7-23 August 1987 / by more than 6500 athletes and officials. The Games have been held every four years since the 1951 competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina.". Black stamp "Roll Skating Station" with a logo. Circular black stamp: "Pan American Games / 9 August 1987 / Carnel(?) In 46033".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Nance Herman Kirk