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Anthony Gray

Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2022, 07:22:00 PM »





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Peter Flory

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2022, 07:36:12 PM »
By backyard, are we talking Wisconsin, or more Barrington?  The problem is that the Wrigleys had mansions everywhere. 



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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2022, 08:03:32 PM »
This is the Wrigley Estate Miniature Course at their compound on Lake Geneva. Built by William P. Bell in 1930, the course looks like it would have been a ton of fun to play.
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Peter Flory

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2022, 08:10:27 PM »
I see a reference to it as a "pitch and putt", but that really undersells it.  Do you know exactly where it was located?  Would be great if there were ground level photos.
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Peter Flory

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2022, 08:27:50 PM »
OK, I see where it was.  South side of the lake, about 1.5 miles west of Lake Geneva CC.

There is a pretty prominent hill in the left center of the course.  It's nearly 100 feet high. 
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2022, 09:38:02 AM »

Quote from: Pete_Pittock on January 06, 2022, 07:14:53 PM
Bringing back memories of the "Aerial of the Day" puzzlers by Scott Burroughs in the early days of GCA.


Never heard of him.
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2022, 09:40:04 AM »
Quote from: Sven Nilsen on January 06, 2022, 07:20:42 PM

Pete:

Scott was probably much better at the clues.  I'll have to work on that.

Sven


Nonsense...."something to chew on" is exactly the kind of clue I would have given.
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MCirba

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2022, 01:57:09 PM »
Note to self - Do not guess future "Aerial of the Day(s)" based on viewing photos on my aging Samsung Note 8.
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Peter Flory

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Re: Mystery Aerial
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2022, 05:46:43 PM »
I'm really fascinated by hole good the Wrigley pitch and putt looks in that aerial for something that I had never heard of. 


There must be pics within the Wrigley family archives that show what this thing looked like. 
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