George W. Dickinson golfing at the Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: George W. Dickinson golfing at the Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: 1935
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Related to the article, “Realty Man Celebrates: George W. Dickinson Marks Eightieth Milestone With Golf Game.” Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 1935.
View of George W. Dickinson standing outdoors in hat, glasses, collared shirt, belt, pants, holding raised golf club. George Dickinson was a pioneer real estate operator in Los Angeles who was responsible for subdividing the Rampart Boulevard district, Moreno Highlands, and tracts in the Silver Lake district. He was also an avid golfer who frequently played at the Los Angeles Country Club where he decided to celebrate his 80th birthday by playing a game of golf. He died the following year due to a heart attack.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Geo W Dickinson
Text from negative sleeve: 2134, George W Dickinson, 80 yr old golfer, realty, early LA developer, died the next year, [stamped:] Sep [19]35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Sports
Golfers--California--Los Angeles
Older people--California--Los Angeles
People
Names: Los Angeles Country Club
Dickinson, George W., 1855-1936
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_8543
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dgffb
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
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