1932 Winter Olympics
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The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 13. It was the first of four Winter Olympics held in the United States; Lake Placid hosted again in 1980.
A WPA poster, advertising the bobsled run
The Olympic Bobsled run from the air
III Olympic Winter Games U.S. commemorative stamp (1932)
Finnish skiers: Valmari Toikka, Veli Saarinen, Väinö Liikkanen and Martti Lappalainen
Lake Placid, New York
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Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205.
Lake Placid from McKenzie Mountain
Lake Placid in 1936
Works Progress Administration poster from the late 1930s to advertise public access to the bobsled run from the 1932 Olympics
2006 Ironman in Lake Placid