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Title |
"Wood" Golf Club Owned and Used by Bing Crosby, n.d. |
Object Name |
Club, Golf |
Description |
Golf Club 'Wood' owned and used by Crosby, n.d. Golf club handle is spiral-wrapped leather. The top of the handle is black plastic. The shaft is metal. Three and one half inches below the handle is an adhesive sticker that reads, "Mac Hunter Company / True Temper Dynamic / MADE IN USE." "Mac Hunter" is in black ink on a transparent background and the rest of the text is transparent on a black background. At the base of the club is gold-colored wire wrapped tightly around the metal shaft onto the wooden strike plate. Strike plate is polished wood with a flattened side exposing lighter-colored wood. On top of the strike plate the wood grain has a teardrop pattern. The bottom has a metal plate with an engraved red figure swinging a golf club. Engraved text colored green on the plate reads "Auld / Classic / MID / SPOON." A sticker is adhered 12" from the bottom of the club. Text on the sticker in black ink reads, "True Temper (R) / FINEST QUALITY / MADE IN U.S.A." |
Date |
n.d. |
Creator |
Mac Hunter Company |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2014.029.003 |
Dimensions |
H-45.5 W-3.5 D-3.25 inches |
Dimension Details |
45.5 x 3.5 x 3.25 |
Collection |
3D - Sports Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"Mac Hunter Company / True Temper Dynamic / MADE IN USE."( adhesive sticker, "Mac Hunter" is in black ink on a transparent background and the rest of the text is transparent on a black background); "Auld / Classic / MID / SPOON." (engraved text colored green on strike plate); reads ); "True Temper (R) / FINEST QUALITY / MADE IN U.S.A." (sticker adhered 12" from the bottom of the club with text in black ink). |
Provenance |
Owned and Used by Bing Crosby. |
Search Terms |
Crosby, Bing Golf Golfing Hillsborough Sporting Good Sports Wooden |
Subjects |
Clubs Golf Golfers Sporting goods Sports |
People |
Crosby, Bing |
Credit line |
Pricilla Koernig Estate |