J. J. McDermott--grip. Mashie – 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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This rare historic photograph captures J. J. McDermott--grip. Mashie in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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J. J. McDermott--grip. Mashie
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Here the golfer John J. McDermott is shown demonstrating his grip on a mashie, a short iron that was common in the early twentieth century. McDermott, a Philadelphia-area player, won the U.S. Open in 1911 and became the first American-born champion of that tournament. Stereograph cards like this one, published in Boston around 1913, were sold to viewers who looked at paired images through a stereoscope. Instruction shots such as this reflect the period's growing interest in golf technique as the sport spread in the United States.
| Created / published | London, England ; Boston, Mass. : Bay State Publishing Co., c1913. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Stereographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J182916 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 953. |
| Subjects | McDermott, John J.,--1891-1971. Golfers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179189 |
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