Low - Smith - Ray - Vardon -- golf – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Low - Smith - Ray - Vardon -- golf, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Low - Smith - Ray - Vardon -- golf
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Four names in this caption, John Low, Alex Smith, Ted Ray and Harry Vardon, belong to the generation of professionals who carried golf from Britain into American tournament play in the early twentieth century. Vardon, born on Jersey, won the Open Championship six times and gave his name to the overlapping grip that many golfers still use. The record gives no date or setting, and the title comes from unverified caption information, so the occasion is unclear. Bain News Service, a press photo agency, sent pictures like this to newspapers, so the group was probably photographed for a news story.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 1,073 × 785 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15742 |
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