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Set of 10 photos from the February 23rd 1970 Golf Writers Dinner at the Americana Hotel, NYC. About 1,200 people attended the event.
There are 8 unique photos, and one with 2 copies.
All have following stamp on back: ‘BILL MARK 252 West 55th Street N.Y.C. 10019 212-PLAZA 7-3320’.
Also on back is typewritten description of photo and an inventory #.
Size is 8” x 9-⅞”, or the reverse.
All have small dent LL corner where photos held together. Couple have creases in same area (see below). Paper is 'warped'.
#1 Orvill Moody + Ray Floyd
MET OLF WRITERS DINNER: SEATED, ORVILL MOODY, UK, FROM SOUTH AMWrica and ray flloyd Inv # W3939
#2 Gar Laux, Mrs. Winnie Palmer, Chris Shenkle
GAR LAUX, FORD BOSS AND PAL OF ARNOLD PALMER, MRS WINNIE PALMER, CHRIS SHENKLE AT THE MET GOLF WRITERS DINNER AT AMERICANA HOTEL Inv # W3941
#3 Arnold Palmer + Sgt. (?)
I believe the other person is Roberto De Vicenzo, the Argentinian golfer.
MET GOLF WRITERS DINNER AT AMERICANA ARNOLD PALMER AND SGT. Inv # W4005
#4 Bob Hope + Orville Moody
BOB HOPE AND ORVILL MOODY AT GOLF WRITERS DINNER Inv # W4016
Crease UL corner some loss on photo, small tear in border
#5 Arnold Plamer + Bob Hope
MET GOLF WRITERS DINNER AT AMERICANA ARNOLD PALMER, XXX BOB HOPE Inv # W4021
Crease middle lower border
#6 Arnold Palmer + Bob Hope
MET GOLF WRITERS DINNER AT AMERICANA ARNOLD PALMER, BOB HOPE Inv # W4022
#7 Arnold Palmer + Orville Moody
MET GOLF WRITERS DINNER AT AMERICANA, ARNOLD PALMER ORVILL MOODY Inv # W4024
#8A-8C three of same photo, Bob Hope + Orville Moody + Lincoln Werden
Photo of Bob Hope receiving the ‘Gold Tee Award’, Orville Moody with plaque “1969 U.S. Open Winner”.
MET GOLF WRITERS DINNER AT AMERICANA ORVILL MOODY, BOB HOPE, LINCOLN WERDEN TIMES WRITER. Inv # W4033
One has crease LL corner some loss on photo.
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
Orville James Moody (December 9, 1933 – August 8, 2008) was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying.
Raymond Loran Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, including four majors and three senior majors. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989… Floyd won his first major title six years later at the PGA Championship in 1969…
Arnold Daniel Palmer (1929 –2016) was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s… In a career spanning more than six decades, he won 62 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973… Palmer won a PGA Tour event every year from 1955 to 1971 inclusive, and in 1971 he enjoyed a revival, winning four events…
Leslie Townes Hope (1903 –2003), known professionally as Bob Hope, was a British-born American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven "Road" musical comedy movies with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner. Hope was well known as an avid golfer, playing in as many as 150 charity tournaments a year.
Lincoln A. Werden, golf editor of The New York Times. Werden became the first reporter to be assigned by a newspaper to regular coverage of the pro golf tour. He has covered perhaps 1,000 tournaments during his career.
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