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[W.O. Young seated on tractor, with screen built around his seat for protection against golf balls, on the Lincoln Park Golf Course, Chicago, Illinois] – Antique Wall Art

[W.O. Young seated on tractor, with screen built around his seat for protection against golf balls, on the Lincoln Park Golf Course, Chicago, Illinois], 1930 June 23. — historic photograph
[W.O. Young seated on tractor, with screen built around his seat for protection against golf balls, on the Lincoln Park Golf Course, Chicago, Illinois], 1930 June 23.. Historic photograph from the Tractors collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [W.O. Young seated on tractor, with screen built around his seat for protection against golf balls, on the Lincoln Park Golf Course, Chicago, Illinois] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[W.O. Young seated on tractor, with screen built around his seat for protection against golf balls, on the Lincoln Park Golf Course, Chicago, Illinois]

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A mesh screen built around the driver's seat sets this 1930 photograph apart. W.O. Young sits on a tractor at the Lincoln Park Golf Course in Chicago, protected from errant golf balls. Course maintenance equipment of this kind was then a fairly new sight, as mechanized mowing and hauling began replacing horse-drawn work on public links. The picture shows a practical solution to a problem that came with working a tractor on an active course, where players and maintenance crews shared the same ground.

Created / published1930 June 23.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930.
SubjectsTractors--Illinois--Chicago--1930. Golf--Illinois--Chicago--1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177296

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