Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. The camera looks down towards the tee of Hole 2 at Oakmont Country Club. At center, Lawson Little stands at the tee, appearing to have just teed off. He faces left and turns his back foot while resting his golf club to his shoulder. A rope lines the perimeter of the tee. On the near side of the rope, from left to right, Walter Hagen and Richard Arlen stand at right. They too face towards the left. To the left of them and directly behind Lawson, the threesome's 3 caddies stand in a row. On the far side of the rope, dozens of spectators stand, facing camera and looking towards the left. Oakmont Country Club's golf course stretches across the background. A similar photograph taken during the same tournament appears in a small photo spread titled, "Gallerying the Golfing Greats at Oakmont's $3000 Open Tourney," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: 17 Likely related to the article, "ARBBOTT'S SUB-PAR 68 LEADS OAKMONT FIELD: FIELD PACED BY AMATEUR Trio in Tie for Second Lawson Little Shoots 71 in Sotuhland Open Golf Championship Abbott's Sub-Par 68 Leads Oakmont Field," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 1935: 17 Handwritten on negative: Lawson Little at Oakmont Dec/35 Taken at 2nd tee Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 4231-- [stamped:] DEC 31 1935 [end stamped] Lawson Little Golfer at Oakmont on 2nd Tee Dec/35.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13277 ark:/21198/zz002hnfhv
Subject
Golf--California--Glendale Spectators--California--Glendale Golfers--California--Glendale Hagen, Walter, 1892-1969 Oakmont Country Club (Glendale, Calif.) Little, Lawson, 1910-1968 Arlen, Richard, 1900-1976
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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