Maryleela Rao, Melbourne Olympics, 1956
- Title
- Maryleela Rao, Melbourne Olympics, 1956
- Description
- In the Olympic Village during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, two women dressed in traditional Indian clothes, standing in front of a sign that reads "WOMEN / ATHLETES / ONLY". Along the top edge of the slide is written "Mary Lill Rao (India) / and friend".
- Subject
- 1950s
- Date
- 1956
- Source
- Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
- https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/9354/colour-slide-of-two-women-dressed-in-traditional-indian-attire-in-1956-olympic-village
- Identifier
- S28
- Item sets
- South Asian Spartans