- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Kirby, Dorothy, 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--1940-1950
Clothing and dress--1940-1950
Augusta National Golf Club
Kirby, Dorothy, 1920-2000 - 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 Amateur Golfer Dorothy (Dot) Kirby Golfing at the Augusta National Golf Course, in Augusta, Georgia.
Born in West Point, Georgia, Dorothy Kirby moved to Atlanta at age 10. She won the Georgia State Women's Championship five consecutive times, the U.S. Amateur Championship, and numerous other cups, and championships. She was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 1989, and in 1971 the Atlanta Country Club established the Dorothy Kirby Invitational Tournament. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.65.04
ahc082065004a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/614
- 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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