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Listen: The Latin ProgramJohn Hamilton Gillespie poses under a large palmetto - Sarasota, Florida.
Image Number
RC01851
Photographer
Pinard, Felix.
Date
1901
Rights
Collection
Reference collection
Geographic Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 5 in.
Biographical Note
Credited with building the first golf course in the U.S. In May 1886 he cleared a woods, on Main Street, and laid out a long fairway. By 1905 there was a complete 9 hole course, plus a clubhouse, on a 110 acre tract. Gillespie built and owned for ten years, Sarasota's DeSoto Hotel.
John Hamilton Gillespie poses under a large palmetto - Sarasota, Florida.
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