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Identifier
10024011
Description
"Five Golden Rings" photo illustration as part of a 12 days of Christmas series in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Arlington businessman Grady Hicks, pictured, is the man behind the movement to bring the Summer Olympics to the Metroplex in 2012. In September 1997, Hicks contacted the United States Olympic Committee to inquire how cities bid for hosting the Olympic Games. He persuaded the mayor and the city council of Arlington to submit the bid and managed to raise $150,000 from private citizens for the application fee.
Archival Date
1997-12-18
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6 #11276 / 58024 [Frame 32]
Original Format
Negatives, Color
File Format
JPG
Rights
Rights held by The McClatchy Company/Fort Worth Star-Telegram. For more information or for reproduction requests, please visit https://www.parsintl.com/publications/mcclatchy.
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Subjects
Portrait photographs; Business enterprises; Sports; Olympics
Names
Hicks, Grady
Subjects
Portrait photographs; Business enterprises; Sports; Olympics