TEN PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARNOLD PALMER

Jeffersonton, Virginia: Unpublished, 1961. Archive of 10 previously unpublished black and white photos of Arnold Palmer during his 1961 visit to the Bolling Farms Golf Club. Each of the photos measures 8 inches by 10 Inches. The photos are accompanied by a scorecard for the course that is signed by Arnold Palmer. Also included are 2 promotional booklets for the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Open Mess (both dated April 1961), which state that the formal opening of the golf course would be on May 30, 1861. It seems likely that Palmer had been invited to that opening. Palmer's host for the event was the base's communication officer, Robert O'Brien, who took some of the photos and appears in the others. O'Brien later became Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under Caspar Weinberger. Bolling Farms Golf Club was owned by Air Force offices at Bolling Air Force Base. The course was sold 4 years later to Parkwood Associates and was renamed South Wales Golf Course. The photos are in virtually as new condition; the signed scorecard and the booklets are in very good condition. Provenance: purchased from the estate of Robert O'Brien.. SIGNED. Original. Single Sheets. Near Fine. 8 inches by 10 Inches. Photo.