Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District, from the Palos Verdes Homes Association Photograph Collection held in the Local History Room. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
Description
Image shows view looking northwest at a foursome comprised of Mrs. Harry Pressler (California Open Woman's champion), Miss Kirkham, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Sample playing on the fifteenth green on Women's Day at the golf course, March 7, 1928. A caddy is holding the flag at left, with grove of euclyptus trees visible in background at right. The fifteenth green is where the first hole-in-one was made on the Palos Verdes Golf Course, by J.K. Birdsall on July 16, 1925. The two-story, eleven-room Spanish-style clubhouse [not visible] is located at 3301 Via Campesina in Val Monte. The golf course, which was designed by George C. Thomas Jr. and built by William P. Bell, opened on November 15, 1924, with landscaping designed by the Olmsted brothers. Date Built: 1924 Photo Source: Palos Verdes Homes Association Citation: Palos Verdes Bulletin, March 1928, p. 7. PVH building permit #22.
Type
Text
Format
1 photographic print (b/w); 7.75 x 9.5 in.
Identifier
pvld:1658 bar code: 000028225 negative number: 626
Subject
Palos Verdes Golf Club (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) Country clubs--California--Palos Verdes Estates Golf
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