Planting the Olympic Oak, 1936
Archive Item Type: Photograph
Photograph of Christopher Boardman’s father, Edward, planting an oak tree at the Boardman family home at How Hill, 1936. These young oak trees were awarded to all gold medal winners at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Christopher Boardman was awarded his for winning gold in the Six Metre class.
More information on Olympic Oaks can be found here.
The original caption reads: “E.T.B [Edward Boardman]”
Photograph by Christopher Boardman. The image was included in an album containing photographs dating from 1936 and 1937. The images were taken at Burnham Week, Sept 1936; How Hill (Olympic oak), 1936; Gosport & Portsmouth, 1937; Gosport & Bembridge, 1937; Burnham, 1937; Coronation Regatta, Torbay, 1937; Coronation Regatta, Dartmouth, 1937.
Other images from the album can be found here.
