Gene Sarazen – Vintage Wall Art
![Gene Sarazen, [1922] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ee/eec8deb1d559-L.webp)
(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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This historic photograph of Gene Sarazen brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gene Sarazen
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Golfer Gene Sarazen is the subject here, though the title comes from unverified notes the National Photo Company wrote on its negative sleeves, and the date of about 1922 is inferred from neighboring negatives. That was the year the 20-year-old Sarazen won the U.S. Open at Skokie, Illinois, an early sign of the career that later made him one of the sport's best-known players. The National Photo Company was a Washington, D.C., studio that documented public figures and events in the early twentieth century, and its glass plates came to the Library of Congress as a gift in 1947. Faint streaks on the glass come from the natural breakdown of the original coating.
| Created / published | [1922] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Temp. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,419 × 5,401 px · prints to 15 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-235288 |
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