Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, California, July 30 - Aug. 14 '32.
Cartographer:
Atwood, Mary Hall
Date of Creation:
1932
A folding guide to the 10th Olympic Games of the modern era includes several separate maps on one sheet: “A Complete Map of Los Angeles Area and Guide to Olympic Games”, with a strip map on either side “The Coast Route: Los Angeles to Ensada”, and “The Coast Route: Los Angeles to Murro Bay”, the title within a furled banner along the top edge, and “Foothill Blvd. Route from Los Angeles to Indio” across the bottom, within the larger central map is an “Explanatory Legend” to the Olympic Park; on the verso are a guide to the games, and a map of the Olympic City; all folding into self-wrappers.
As a result of the worldwide economic depression and the expense of traveling to California only about 1,300 athletes, representing 37 countries, competed in the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. The 1932 Games are renowned for being the first to provide an Olympic Village, where the male athletes were “housed in more than 500 bungalows and had access to a hospital, a library, a post office, and 40 kitchens serving a variety of cuisines. The female athletes stayed at a downtown hotel. The Los Angeles Coliseum was expanded to seat more than 100,000 people, and a new track was installed. Made of crushed peat, the new surface was exceptionally fast, resulting in 10 world records in the running events. Uniform automatic timing and the photo-finish camera were used for the first time at the 1932 Games” (Encyclopedia Britannica online).