Good Natured Gesture
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Good Natured Gesture

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Good Natured Gesture

June 23, 1952
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 7 15/16 in. (16.6 × 20.1 cm)
Mount: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0082.0018
Inscriptions Typed on recto, R: (LX9)LOUISEVILLE, KY., JUNE 23--GOOD NATURED GESTURE--TED KROLL, THE \ MIGHTY LITTLE GIANT-KILLER FROM NEW HARTFORD, N.Y., THUMBS HIS NOSE AT \ CARY MIDDLECOFF AS HIS BALL DROPS INTO THE CUP ON THE 32ND HOLE OF \ THEIR QUARTERFINAL MATCH IN THE NATION PGA TOURNAMENT HERE TODAY. \ MIDLLECOFF, THE GOLFING DENTIST FROM MEMPHIS, TENN., ROLLED IN A \ 25-FOOT BIRDIE PUTT AND KROLL SANK A 20-FOOTER RIGHT BEHIND HIM. AS \ THE BALL DROPPED IN HE TURNED TO MIDDLECOFF AN GOOD NATUREDLY THUMBED \ HIS NOSE. (AP WIREPHOTO) (SEE STORY) (RBO22000 DURIER-JNL) 1952.
Inscribed in red crayon on verso, CL: Sports
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