Call NumberWH2129-2018-362CreatorSchieltz, Melvyn E.DateOctober 8, 1968SummaryA Colorado contingent Monday prepares for flight to Mexico City from Stapleton International Airport to promote Denver bid as 1976 Winter Olympics site. Gov. Love, second from right, and Mayor Currigan, at right, lead the group. With them are, left to right, F. George Robinson, Denver City Councilman Carl N. DeTemple, Speaker of the Colorado House John Vanderhoof, Glenwood Springs Republican, and Robert McCollum, vice chancellor for University of Denver. Group will host International Olympic Committee at a reception in Mexico City Tuesday. Some will spend next week there trying to boost Denver's selection for games.Physical Description1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 17 x 22 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWinter Olympics--Colorado--DenverOlympic Winter Games (12th : 1976 : Denver, Colo.)Love, John A., 1916-2002Currigan, Thomas GOlympic host city selectionGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRocky Mountain News Photograph CollectionFinding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/8879Type of MaterialBlack & white photographsGroup portraitsDigital Version Created FromBox 419Original Material Found in CollectionWH2129. Rocky Mountain News photograph collectionNotesTitle and summary taken from back of photograph. Second clipped caption on back of photograph: "The excitement of winning the bid to host the 1976 Winter Olympics for Denver gripped supporters John Vanderhoof, Robert McCollum, [Governor] John Love and Mayor Tom Currigan in this 1968 photograph. But the effort proved futile when voters rejected the Games four years later."DonorRocky Mountain News
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