Lot # 193: 1891 Lantern Slide of Willie Park Sr, Willie Park Jr., Others on Old Course

Category: Photographs

Starting Bid: $150.00

Bids: 11 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Fall 2024 Auction",
which ran from 9/26/2024 5:00 PM to
10/6/2024 9:00 PM



Offered here is a circa 1891 Lantern Slide of Hugh Kirkaldy, Willie Park Jr., Willie Park, Sr., Ben Sayers, and Jack Kirkaldy on the Old Course at St Andrews days after the 1891 Open Championship. The same five players are seen in photos from the same day on the 1st and 18th greens of the Old Course in the book "The Life of Tom Morris" published in 1907 by W.W. Tulloch (p. 200 and 208). The slide measures 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Also included is a 13" x 13" professional print made from the glass slide, ready to frame.