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Accession Number: 2021.51.6
Physical Description: Kansas Women's State Championship, 1948; brown wooden square base with bronze cup sitting on top of base, on top should be a figure of a woman in knee length flowing skirt with golf club in her hand and behind her back as if in mid swing. However the figure is broken off and only the left foot remains attached to cup, bottom of wooden base has 3 steps then a large cube whith a bronze plaque affixed to the front side. Top of cube slopes upward to flat surface where the cup is attached to base. Top of cube area of base is no longer attached to rest of base and cup is loose where it attaches to wooden base.
History of Object: Marilynn Smith won this trophy in 1948; Smith was a founder of the LPGA and the first woman to work a PGA event as a TV broadcaster.
Date: 1948
Dimensions (in cm): Dimensions of figure and base taken seperately since figure is no longer attached Figure: h: 17.5 w: 8 d:3 base and cup: H: 34 W: 19.5 d: 19.5
Marks/Inscriptions: [on bronze plagque on side of base] 1948/ KANSAS WOMENS/ STATE/ CHAMPION/ MARILYNN SMITH//
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Theme/topic: Golf
Individual: Smith, Marilynn
Status: Cataloged
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