Jesse Owens Poster Vintage Photo - Iconic Jesse Owens Print -

Jesse Owens Poster UK, EU USA Domestic Shipping

Jesse Owens, arguably the most popular American track and field star in history, was -- along with his contemporary, world's heavyweight champion Joe Louis -- one of the first African Americans to change white society's perception of both black athletes and, more importantly, people of color.

The future Olympic champion was born James Cleveland Owens on September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama, the youngest of 10 children.

✨ Jesse Owens Trivia

★ Won 4 gold medals in Track & Field (100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4 × 100 meter relay) at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983

The runner he beat in the 200-meter dash at the 1936 Summer Olympics was Jackie Robinson's brother, Matthew "Mack" Robinson, who also beat the world record at the time while taking the silver medal.

Jesse Owens carried a photograph of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with him at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in his wallet. It is unknown if the photograph still exists.

✨ Jesse Owens Quotes:

[When asked about how he felt years after Adolf Hitler refused to shake his hand at the Olympics] "I'm here. He's not."

"A lifetime of training for just ten seconds."

"Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either."

POSTER & SHIPPING INFORMATION:

This listing is for posters of various sizes, medium 8 x 10, 12 x 16, large 16 x 20, 18 x 24, and giant at 30 x 40 inches. Choose your size :-).

They are perfect for framing and are print quality.

We also do many other posters, calendars, prints and wall art. Check out the listings in our shop. If what you want isn't there let us know and we'll do our
best to get it for you! We can do custom prints/posters/canvases/wall art.

This is a uniquely restored enhanced image to get the most wonderful print possible.

All images used have been retouched to remove any major imperfections and then enhanced for digital printing.

The images are of the highest quality and 300 dpi.

The poster would look great on your wall, or as a present, also great for framing.

★ Size of poster is 8 x 10, 12 x 16, 16 x 20, 18 x 24 or 30 x 40. Please choose your size.
★ Beautiful prints, printed on state of the art printers
★ Shipped from the UK for UK customers. We have a distribution center in the UK, mainly using Royal Mail, FEDex or UPS.
★ Shipped from the EU for EU customers, we have distribution centres throughout Europe.
★ Shipped from the USA for USA customers. We have distribution centers in the USA too, mainly using FEDex, UPS or DHL
★ Digitally enhanced and remastered images
★ Printed on high quality premium matte 200gsm finished paper

It comes carefully packed, rolled in a cardboard fitted tube for posters above 8 x 12 (A4) size, and flat sturdy cardboard packaging for anything below A4 size.