Opening of the Golfing Season: Harper's Weekly, 1901

Title: OPENING OF THE GOLFING SEASON Author: Harper's Weekly Date: 1901 Condition: Excellent Inches: 12 7/8 x 8 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 32.70 x 21.59 [Image] Product ID: 308402 Lithograph of a photograph by William F. James. "The Glen View Golf Club, near Chicago, is one of the most beautiful courses in the country. The Chicago River furnishes many of the hazards, and the choice of this links for the Amateur Championship in July of this year has met with general approval". Background on Creator Harper's Weekly, formally known as Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, was an influential American political magazine published from 1857 until 1916 by Harper & Brothers. It gained prominence for its extensive coverage of the American Civil War, providing readers with both news and striking illustrations that depicted the realities of war. The magazine featured notable contributions from prominent illustrators and writers, including political cartoonist Thomas Nast, wh