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Keeping cool on the golf course – Vintage Print

Keeping cool on the golf course, [between 1920 and 1932] — historic photograph
Keeping cool on the golf course, [between 1920 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Golf 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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Keeping cool on the golf course

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Golf's popularity boomed in the United States during the 1920s, and players of both sexes were trading heavy wool and stiff collars for lighter, looser clothing on the course. The title, "Keeping cool on the golf course," points to that shift, when summer dress for sport was changing quickly. The print comes from the National Photo Company Collection, whose photographers recorded Washington, D.C., and the nation in the years before 1932. Its caption-style title and the Clothing & Dress classification suggest the picture was meant to show how golfers managed the heat through what they wore.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Clothing & Dress. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,742 × 1,449 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108856

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