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2005.28.4Description
University of Washington crew coach Al Ulbrickson and Tacoma radio personality Jerry Geehan examine a German shirt. It is customary in rowing for teams to swap uniform shirts after a race. Ulbrickson’s famous “Boys in the Boat” team won gold at the 1936 Olympics in Germany, three years before Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany invaded Poland to start World War II.Lexicon
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1936 Summer Olympics