Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, WOOD, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1897—1904
Year Range from: 1897
Year Range to: 1904
Description: Wood club with scared neck, suede grip, lined face, horn sole insert, marker’s mark and shaft stamp. Natural finish on clubhead and shaft.
Maker: SPALDING, A.G. & BROS.
Material: wood, leather, horn
Dimension Details: Overall: 45″ grip:11″ clubhead:3 1/2″ x 2″ x 1 3/8″
Marks/Inscriptions: SPALDING SPECIAL SPOON by A.G. SPALDING & BROS, . PERIOD 1895. The de luxe model of its time. Donated by Miss Fanny M. Walcott, Hampton, Va. 4G (on card attached to shaft) THE SPALDING (maker’s mark and shaft stamp)
Additional Notes: Donor: Miss Fanny Morgan Walcott. Miss Walcott was associated with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and served as their Secretary in 1905. Her address was listed in the roster as “Waiala”, Hampton, Virginia. (Association Yearbook, 1905 via Google ebooks) “Waiala” was a Hampton farm originally founded by William Nevins Armstrong, brother of Samuel Chapman Armstrong who founded Hampton Agricultural and Normal School (now Hampton University)
Object ID: GM 95
