Great Northern Railway Menu

Featuring Bobby Jones on Cover

          Offered here is a piece of Bobby Jones memorabilia that is so rare we don't actually know much about it.

        This menu provides an excellent case study into the amateur status of Bobby Jones, as the menu was almost certainly unauthorized; that is to say, it was never authorized by Bobby Jones. This is due to two facts: (1) this menu almost certainly dates to Bobby Jones' playing days - when endorsements were improper for any amateur, let alone the greatest amateur of them all, and (2) this piece contains a facsimile "Bobby" Jones signature - a name Jones himself detested and never signed as his signature. For those reasons, it seems highly unlikely that Bobby Jones would've signed off on this menu bearing his likeness.

        So how was this menu produced? Well, the menu rather prominently gives copyright credit to Underhill, who was one of the most famous photographers of the day. Therefore, we can be fairly certain that while Bobby Jones never signed off on this piece, the copyright holder for the image upon which it is based apparently did.

        This rare 1920's "Bobby" Jones piece measures 7x 10 1/4" and is in very good condition.