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Sven Nilsen

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Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« on: July 03, 2015, 01:12:01 PM »
The first in a series of look backs at some of our oldest courses.  If anyone has some more modern day photos to add in to contrast, please do so.


Plan of First Course (from Fifty Years of Apawamis) -





Plan of Second Course (from Fifty Years of Apawamis) -





Plan of Course from 1940 (from Fifty Years of Apawamis) -





Locations (from Fifty Years of Apawamis) -




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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2015, 01:21:14 PM »


1st Hole -


May 1927 Golf Illustrated -




June 1915 Golf Illustrated -







June 1931 Golf Illustrated -





1st and 3rd Holes -

Sept. 1903 Golf Magazine -







Fifty Years of Apawamis -







3rd Hole -


Oct. 1911 Golf Magazine -





June 1931 Golf Illustrated -


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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2015, 01:25:04 PM »
4th Hole -


June 1915 Golf Illustrated -






June 1931 Golf Illustrated -






Fifty Years of Apawamis -





6th Hole -


June 1931 Golf Illustrated -



June 1931 Golf Illustrated -





8th Hole -

Aug. 1931 Golf Illustrated -



10th Hole -


Fifty Years of Apawamis -



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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2015, 01:25:15 PM »
12th Hole -

Oct. 1900 Golf Magazine -




Fifty Years of Apawamis -








17th Hole -


June 1915 Golf Illustrated -





18th Hole -


June 1915 - Golf Illustrated -





Fifty Years of Apawamis -






June 1915 Golf Illustrated -






Oct. 1916 Golf Illustrated -





June 1915 Golf Illustrated -


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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2015, 01:28:33 PM »
Clubhouse and General Photos -


June 1931 Golf Illustrated -





Fifty Years of Apawamis -





Jan. 1918 Golf Illustrated -






Fifty Years of Apawamis -


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Will Lozier

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2015, 03:42:25 PM »
Very cool Sven! I love the steep grass faces of the original bunkers - very geometric but somehow more natural looking to my eye.


Cheers
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MCirba

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2015, 05:56:47 PM »
Awesome stuff Sven, thanks!
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2015, 06:16:11 PM »
For a more modern look at the course, here is Joe Bausch's photo tour from 2012:


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,53574.0.html


Here are the 1911 Daily Eagle hole diagrams also posted by Joe:


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,45876.msg1009906.html#msg1009906
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BCrosby

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2015, 11:31:46 AM »
A course I've always wanted to play. Now more than ever. Thanks Sven.


Bob
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Apawamis - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2015, 01:00:15 PM »
Here is the photo album updated with hole diagrams:

http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/albums/apawamis/

Fwiw, my web server logs for the last few years shows Apawamis gets the most hits.
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Nearly all Delaware Valley golf courses in photo albums: Bausch Collection
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