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Title
Pro-Celebs aim for $5,000 pot
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Nehamkin, Lester C
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph article dated January 4, 1961 partially reads, "A preview of what to expect when the Los Angeles Open goes into high gear Friday will be held tomorrow at Rancho Golf Course as the pro-celeb takes place for a neat little sum of $5,000. The Open proper offers a purse of $45,000. Tournament chairman Ken Larson announces that 48 pros have been selected to join the amateurs, many of whom are celebs from the entertainment world." Photograph caption reads, "Ken Venturi...Tees of [sic] at 11:30."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00054356
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d065_f9_i12
CARL0000058179
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41508
Subject
Venturi, Ken
Golfers
Golf
Golf courses
Spectators
Palms
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1960-1969

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