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| Title | Bing Crosby at Seattle Post-Intelligencer Hole-in-One tournament, Seattle, 1942 |
| Photographer | Lynch, Frank (Slim)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1942 |
| Caption | Bing Crosby swinging at golf balls on the green at Broadmoor golf club surrounded by fans, possibly warming up for the big event. Bing was on site to open the P-I Hole-In-One tournament by whacking the first ball. The fifth annual nine-day tournament was sponsored by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and directed by the King County Public Links Association. For 50 cents each entrant was entitled to three shots from the elevated tee. The grand champion prize of a $100 war bond and a gold medal was offered for a "perfect shot" on the 110-yard course. The women's division champion would receive a $50 war bond and a trophy. In the previous four years of the contest no hole-in-one had been recorded. Money raised by the contest would provide men in the armed forces with rent-free golf clubs when they visit any of the three municipal golf courses, Jefferson Park, Jackson Park and West Seattle, for a round of golf. |
| Notes | Caption information source: PI research files.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: August 12, 1942. |
| Subjects | Golf--Washington (State)--Seattle; Contests--Washington (State)--Seattle; Broadmoor Golf Course (Seattle, Wash.); Spectators--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports & recreation facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fund raising--Washington (State)--Seattle; Celebrities--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Crosby, Bing, 1904-1977 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Madison Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.22565.1 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
