Ouimet - golf – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Ouimet - golf, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Labeled simply "Ouimet - golf," this glass negative most likely shows Francis Ouimet, the Brookline amateur who stunned British golf in 1913 by winning the U.S. Open at The Country Club in Massachusetts. He beat Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff, a result that made him a national sports hero and helped popularize the game in America. The negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the New York news photography service whose glass plates document sporting figures of the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, so the exact occasion remains unconfirmed.
| 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 | 1,083 × 799 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15411 |
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