Do I Have Time to Stop and Say Buenos Dias? Olympic Marathon

Original Vintage Card

Price: $14.95

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1061347

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Postcard

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Continental Chrome

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1984 AUG-6

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Reno

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Stamp:

13c

Size:

4" x 6" (10.25 x 15.25 cm)

Publisher's Series #:

#23

Recipient Address:

Max Toorop
Box 4293
San Leandro, CA 94579

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Friends took up a collection to send Cuban mailman Felix Carvajal to the 1904 Olympic games. Felix lost the funds in a dice game at New Orleans, and hitchhiked the rest of the way to St. Louis, Missouri. He arrived hungry and tired, just in time for the marathon. American friends chopped down his outfit and lent him shoes. Despite pauses to chat with spectators--and cramps caused by apples he grabbed off a tree--Felix won fourth place in the marathon, August 30.

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mpics 8 LISA 13c In the 1984 games at Los Angeles, the competition I have most enjoyed watching is women's volleyball. Ann Rusnak Friends took up a collection to send Cuban mailman Felix Carvajal to the 1904 Olympic games. Felix lost the funds in a dice game at New Orleans, and hitchhiked the rest of the way to St Louis, Missouri. He arrived hungry and tired, just in time for the ma- rathon. American friends chopped down his outfit and lent him shoes. Despite pauses to chat with spectators--and cramps caused by apples he grabbed off a tree--Felix won fourth place in the marathon. August 30. RENO 6 ARK 1984 SPO "THE LIGHTER SIDE OF HISTORY RUSNAK BOX 1417 GARDNERVILLE MV 39410 Max Toorop Box 4293 San Leandro CA 94579

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