Sports - golf. Tom Vardon and Fred McLeod – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Sports - golf. Tom Vardon and Fred McLeod, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sports - golf. Tom Vardon and Fred McLeod
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Tom Vardon and Fred McLeod, both professional golfers, are the pair named in this picture's caption, and the photograph is dated to about 1909. Tom was a brother of Harry Vardon, the English champion who won the British Open six times, and the Vardon name carried weight in the golf world of the era. McLeod, a Scottish-born professional working in the United States, won the U.S. Open in 1908, which places this portrait at the height of American interest in the sport. Bain's news photographs from this period often captured players at clubs and tournaments, so the image offers a glimpse of the early professional game.
| Created / published | ca. 1909. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item, with subsequent revisions. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Golf; BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,372 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139701 |
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