- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Suggs, Louise Golfer, circa 1940
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Golfers--Georgia--Atlanta
Golf--Georgia--Augusta
Sports--Georgia--Augusta
Sports and recreation facilities--Georgia--Augusta
Women--1930-1940
Clothing and dress--1930-1940
Women--Clothing and dress
Augusta National Golf Club
Suggs, Mae Louise, 1923- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, 32.80659, -83.69776
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Golfer Louise Suggs golfing at the Augusta National Golf Course, in Augusta, Georgia.
A native Atlantan, Louise Suggs won several golf championships before becoming a professional in 1948. In 1949, she won the U.S. Open and became one of the founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). During her professional career she won fifty-eight events and was an inductee into the LPGA Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, among others. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.65.03
ahc082065003a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/613
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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