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Primary Sources: The Great Depression and the 1930s: Sports

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Research Tip - Sports

Newspapers are an excellent place to find primary source articles about sports!

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Online Sources: Sports in the 1930s

Highlights of the 1936 Olympics

by Veribest Pictures via The Internet Archive

Published 1936

https://archive.org/details/0684_Highlights_of_the_1936_Olympics_Berlin_22_01_06_00

Book Sources: Sports in the 1930s

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