George W. Dickinson holding golf club at the Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

George W. Dickinson holding golf club at the Los Angeles Country Club, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

1935

Date

1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of George W. Dickinson standing outdoors in hat, glasses, collared shirt, belt, pants, holding golf club underneath left arm, and holding paper and pen in hands. 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.
This photograph appear (cropped) with the article, "Realty Man Celebrates: George W. Dickinson Marks Eightieth Milestone With Golf Game." Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 1935: A1.

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

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Los Angeles Country Club
Dickinson, George W., 1855-1936

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Golfers--California--Los Angeles
People
Sports
Older people--California--Los Angeles