Learn how we uncover deeper insights with the Direct Message Methodology. Starting with the iconic swoop of Lance Wyman’s 1968 Olympic logo, we remember Mexico City as a visual spectacle like no other ...

On 19th October 1968, spectators at the Estadio Olimpico in Mexico City witnessed a sporting revolution. Dick Fosbury, an enormously tall American from Portland approached the bar, set at 2.03m, for ...

"In the wake of its early twentieth-century civil wars, Mexico strove to present itself to the world as unified and prosperous. The preparation in Mexico City for the 1968 Summer Olympics was arguably ...

The 1968 Mexico Olympics marked the occasion when the world fell in love with Kipchoge Hezekiah 'Kip' Keino. Born on January 17, 1940, the then 28-year-old uncoached athlete from Nandi County crafted ...

MEXICO CITY - The Olympic flame that burned over Mexico City during the tumultuous 1968 Games returned for a more peaceful tour of the city Tuesday, part of a 26-nation relay leading to the Athens ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Competition bathing suit worn by ...