Harry Vardon--grip at finish of drive – Antique Photo Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Harry Vardon--grip at finish of drive. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Harry Vardon--grip at finish of drive
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Harry Vardon, the Jersey-born golfer who won the Open Championship six times, is shown here holding the finish of his swing, a pose that made his technique famous among amateurs and professionals alike. The image was issued as a stereograph in 1913, when Underwood & Underwood produced cards like this one by the thousands for home viewers with stereoscopes. Vardon's grip, with its overlapping hold on the club, became known as the Vardon grip and is still taught today. The stereo format gives the figure a sense of depth that a flat photograph of the period could not match.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | J183278 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 412. · Underwood & Underwood copyright claimant. |
| Subjects | Vardon Harry 1870-1937. Golf--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,281 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271528 |
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