Item #5516 Tom Morris Photograph. Postcard.
Tom Morris Photograph.

Tom Morris Photograph.

1905. A FANTASTIC OLD ORIGINAL POST CARD SHOWING ' TOM MORRIS'. OF St. ANDREWS IN SCOTLAND. IT SHOWS OLD TOM WITH THE TOWN OF St. ANDREWS BEHIND HIM. THIS CARD IS THE WELL KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF OLD TOM OUT ON THE COURSE TAKEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER OF EDINBURGH, JAMES PATRICK.

THIS CARD HAS PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THAT IT WAS POSTED FROM ONE MISS FAIRLIE TO ANOTHER. COL. J.O.FAIRLIE WAS THE FIRST 'SPONSOR' OF OLD TOM. HE TOOK HIM TO PRESTWICK WHEN TOM WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD. HE REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1865 WHEN HE RETURNED TO St.ANDREWS. SUCH WAS THEIR RELATIONSHIP THAT OLD TOM NAMED HIS SECOND SON, HIS FIRST WAS YOUNG TOM, J O FAIRLIE MORRIS AFTER THE COLONEL.

THIS CARD HAS NOT BEEN USED AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. Item #5516

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