THOUSANDS CHEER
TRIUMPHANT HOME-COMING OF MRS BLANKERS-COEN AMSTERDAM, Rec. 10 p.m. Aug. 11. Thousands surrounded the Central railway station to cheer Mrs Fanny Blankers-Coen, the first woman to win three Olympic titles. A carriage drawn by four white horses carried her to an official reception in the Town Hall.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26848, 12 August 1948, Page 5
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49THOUSANDS CHEER Otago Daily Times, Issue 26848, 12 August 1948, Page 5
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