US Patent No. 1568888 Golf Club by W. Dunn Filed April 4 1925 Granted January 5 1926 old ireland print the moment before the dragoon

the moment before the dragoon charge that overran Mexican guns and gave the young republic a taste of the conquest its politicians had been promising

its curving seams and stitched panels drawn in the years when felted spheres still arrived loose in tins and a proper cover was the difference between a tournament ball and a backyard relic

the victor of Appomattox photographed as a private man stepping into civic life

New York Harbor — Presented to the United States by Citizens of France

US Patent No. 1568888 Golf Club by W. Dunn Filed April 4 1925 Granted January 5 1926 old ireland print the moment before the dragoonUs Patent No. 1568888 Golf Club by W Dunn Filed April 4 1925 Granted January 5 1926 Willie Dunn's 1925 filing diagrams a clubhead in the twilight of the hickory age, when shafts still flexed with the grain of living wood and a maker's name was pressed into the sole like a signature. The schematic studies weight, hosel, and face angle with the patience of a craftsman who knew the swing before he knew the patent office. About the Source Bella Frye