Pesthy and Beck Fencing at the Olympic Trials

Title: Pesthy and Beck Fencing at the Olympic Trials
Subject: Olympic Games (18th : 1964 : Tokyo, Japan); Épée Fencing
Description: Paul Károly Pesthy (left) fencing epee with Robert Beck at the 1964 Olympic Trials occurring in conjunction with the 1964 New York World's Fair. Pesthy competed in the 1964 Olympic Games in the men's team foil and modern pentathlon team events, winning silver in the latter.

Caption on reverse:
"TOUCHE
WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y.: Paul Pesthy (left), of New Brunswich, N.J., goes low, under the thrust of Robert Beck, of Boston, Mass., to score point in their match during Olympic Trials here July 15th. Pesthy was one of four fencers who, according to unofficial point totals, made the five-man Olympic fencing team."
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: July 14, 1964
Temporal Coverage: 1960s
Contributor: United Press International (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: George Masin Collection
Format: 25.3 x 20.5 cm
Language: English
Type: Photograph
Identifier: 2021.03.003
Spatial Coverage: United States of America; New York; New York (City)
Provenance: Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles; Loaned for digitization by George Masin