George Pietzcker 1912 Photo

of a 22 year old Chick Evans

            George Pietzcker is widely regarded as the greatest golf photographer of all-time. Examples of his classic work from the 1910's and 20's routinely command sky high prices. Pietzcker rose to fame when he covered the 1913 U.S. Open, where a young Francis Ouimet shocked the world and literally put U.S. golf on the map overnight.

            Offered here is a rare original Pietzcker photo that even pre-dates 1913. This is an early photograph of a young Chick Evans in 1912 - 2 years after the Chicago native won the Western Open but well before the amateur famously won both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in 1916.

            This original 1912 photo has the Pietzcker embossed stamp on front and "Geo. S. Pietzcker, Golf Photographer" ink stamp on the reverse. The photo measures 7 5/8" x 4 7/8".