Sam Snead Signed Type I Original Masters Tournament c. 1950s Morgan Fitz Photo
This is a Type I original black and white photograph of three-time Masters champion Sam Snead during a Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club circa the 1950s. The image depicts Snead in his iconic straw hat, focused on a putt with a large gallery of spectators and the Augusta landscape in the background. As a Type I photograph, this is a first-generation print developed from the original negative within approximately two years of the image being taken. The photograph features a hand-signed autograph by Sam Snead in the lower left corner in dark ink. The reverse of the photograph, visible through the encapsulation, bears a stamped credit: PHOTO BY MORGAN FITZ HERALD BLDG. AUGUSTA, GA. Morgan Fitz was a prominent Augusta-based photographer known for his long-term documentation of the Masters Tournament.
PSA/DNA Certification Number: 85751093.
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