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SOKOL POSTCARDS 1912 - VI - Prague (Click on any image to view an enlarged version) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sokol, the sixth festival lasted five weeks. More than 30,000 Sokols participated, including teams from the USA, France and other Slavic countries, as 300,000 spectators watched. 22,000 uniformed Sokols took part in the grand parade. A special Ancient Olympic theme, "Marathon," was adopted for the festival, with a grand spectacle performed by 1,500 athletes. Over 1,200 special trains had to be arranged to carry the thousands of foreign visitors to the event. Several of the cards below show photos or paintings of the events, and give some idea of the enormous stadium, and the huge crowds in attendance. Above, a Poster stamp for the jubilee, Jicin Below, a postcard with the official image for the event. The artist is Hornik. And the same image on poster stamps. Below, another postcard by Hornik, with design very similar to the one above. Was this an alternate version he submitted, and then sold separately? MUTTICH POSTCARDS Above, six of the most sought-after Sokol postcards, a set reproducing paintings by noted Czech painter Kamil Vladislav Muttich, and depicting scenes related to the festival's Marathon theme. Images from the games Photographs of the Marathon presentations. Another example of a postcard and poster stamps with the same image. This was common at the time. Advertising images for a large event would be printed in as many formats as possible - on large and small posters, on flyers, on postcards, and on stamps, to maximize the possibilities for communicating the news. Below, an American card advertising the event Below, card showing Bulgarian group on parade at the VI. Slet; postally used locally in Prague. Below, unused card produced for the VI. Slet, showing Serbian Sokols on parade, wearing fluffy plumes placed centrally on their caps which helps to clearly identify them. ---------------------- Above, a gummed label, about 2" x 3"