Bobby Jones & George Von Elm at La Cumbre Golf & Country Club Original Photo
Crystal clear professionally framed and captured shot of Bobby Jones and adversary and prominent amateur golfer himself George Von Elm shaking hands at the La Cumbre Golf & Country Club prior to presumably exhibition golf. Thick oversize photo paper developed with excellent definition and the darkest darks and lightest lights, as detailed in the listing. Von Elm had been one of the few to best Jones, doing so at the 1926 US Amateur. The great Bobby Jones conquered the USGA's event five times with two runner-ups. Jones would be the headliner for an exhibition at this venue on May 16, 1931. Santa Barbara, California's 'La Cumbre Golf and Country Club' is hand-notated on the verso of this photo along with 'Guests of Ben Kerr.' 'Bobby Jones Champ' and 'George Von Elm' are also identified in ink on the verso. 10" x 13"
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