Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and Erich Rademacher, 1928. Creator: Unknown.

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Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and Erich Rademacher, 1928. Japanese swimmer Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903-1986) shakes hands with his German rival Erich Rademacher (1901-1979). Tsuruta won gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke, and Rademacher won silver in the same event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. Rademacher was a member of the German team that won the gold medal for water polo. From "Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928. [Georg A Jasmatzi, , Dresden, Germany]

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Size: 3750px × 5640px
Location: World,Europe,Netherlands,North Holland,Amsterdam
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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