Photograph of Rafer Johnson at the 1960 Olympic games

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Photograph of Rafer Johnson at the 1960 Olympic games. The black and white, horizontal photograph depicts a large group of United Sates athletes walking during the opening parade of the 1960 Rome Olympics. The men and women are all wearing the same uniform: dark blazers, white collared shirts, and hats. The men are in white pants and the women are in white skirts. Near the center of the image, Rafer Johnson walks ahead of the group, carrying the United States flag. Another man walks in front of him, on the far proper left side of the image, carrying a sign which reads [STATI UNITI AMERICA]. The parade is taking place around a racetrack with a large crowd in the background, sitting in the stands. There is a large scoreboard in the center and flags of different countries line the top of the stands with trees in the background.

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