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OUIMET, FRANCIS (1893-1967). Photograph signed ("Francis Ouimet"), by Geo. S. Pietzcker, St. Louis (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1921]. 273 x 196 mm. (10¾ x 7¾ in.) including margins and mount. A full-length standing portrait of the golf hero and Dorothy Higbie, signed on the lower portion of the image -- [With]: Another photograph of Ouimet and Higbie on the green, 79 x 155 mm. (3 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.), unsigned.
"He popularized golf as a game for the common man. In 1913 this twenty-year-old unknown caddy from Boston electrified the sports world by beating British stars Vardon and Ray for the U.S. Open Championship"--W.M. (2)
"He popularized golf as a game for the common man. In 1913 this twenty-year-old unknown caddy from Boston electrified the sports world by beating British stars Vardon and Ray for the U.S. Open Championship"--W.M. (2)