Elmhurst Country Club Postcard, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1930 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elmhurst+Country+Club">Elmhurst Country Club</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Golf">Golf</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa">Oskaloosa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Iowa">Iowa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mahaska+County">Mahaska County</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Early+20th+Century">Early 20th Century</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Postcard">Postcard</a> In the early 20th Century, towns would publish postcards of the most esteemed businesses and sights in the community. One of the sights in Oskaloosa, Iowa was the Elmhurst Country Club. Established in 1928, the Elmhurst Country Club was an exclusive course, allowing only members to participate there. In 2008, the club became a public course and was renamed Oskaloosa Golf. Note the windmill in the background of the photograph, capturing the essence of a golf course surrounded by a true farming community in the middle of Iowa around 1930. Chuck Russell Chuck Russell Chuck Russell "2009-06-09" www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html still image/jpeg 2000 image www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,287 Promotional Advertisement for the Second Sunstrum-Walton Benefit at Elmhurst Country Club, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1945 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elmhurst+Country+Club">Elmhurst Country Club</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa+Golf">Oskaloosa Golf</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Benefit">Benefit</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Fundraiser">Fundraiser</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sunstrum-Walton">Sunstrum-Walton</a> Pictured here is an advertisement designed to promote a golf benefit at Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Based on the style of clubs and the apparel of the man promoting the event, the time frame of this photograph is around 1945. In 2008, Elmhurst Country Club was renamed Oskaloosa Golf and changed into a public course for all to use, ending Elmhurst's eighty-eight years of business there. Chuck Russell Chuck Russell Chuck Russell "2009-06-09" www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html still image/jpeg image www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,286 Putting and Chipping Away at the Elmhurst Country Club, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1920 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Golf">Golf</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa">Oskaloosa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Iowa">Iowa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mahaska+County">Mahaska County</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elmhurst+Country+Club">Elmhurst Country Club</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa+Golf">Oskaloosa Golf</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Early+20th+Century">Early 20th Century</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Early+21st+Century">Early 21st Century</a> The Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa originally opened in 1920 as a nine hole course and was exclusively available to members only. In 2008, the course became public and was renamed Oskaloosa Golf. Pictured here are some of the first players to have had the privilege of playing the original nine hole course. These three men are practicing before teeing off on the putting and chipping green. Note the clothing fashion of these golfers during the time period. Chuck Russell Chuck Russell Chuck Russell "2009-06-09" www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html still image/jpeg 2000 image www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,279 Relaxing at the Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1928 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elmhurst+Country+Club">Elmhurst Country Club</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa">Oskaloosa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Iowa">Iowa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=C.L.+Barnhouse">C.L. Barnhouse</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Early+20th+Century">Early 20th Century</a> This is a photograph of gentleman enjoying a drink after playing eighteen holes of golf at the Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The course and country club opened in 1928 and was in business until 2008, when it closed its doors, but was reopened again as Oskaloosa Golf that same year. Seated in the middle of the picture is C.L. Barnhouse, founder and owner of the largest music publishing company in the United States. Barnhouse died in 1929 at the age of 64, so this is one of the final pictures taken of him alive. Also included in the picture standing (left to right) are Perry and Paul Mathews and sitting are Sander McGregor and John Sunstrum. Chuck Russell Chuck Russell Chuck Russell "2009-06-10" www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html still image/jpeg 2000 image www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,205 Gentlemen at the Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Circa 1928 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elmhurst+Country+Club">Elmhurst Country Club</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa">Oskaloosa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Iowa">Iowa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=C.L.+Barnhouse">C.L. Barnhouse</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gentlemen">Gentlemen</a> The Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa opened in 1928. Many luncheons and banquets were held there until the country club closed in 2008 and was reopened in 2008 as Oskaloosa Golf. Seated in the middle of the photograph is C.L. Barnhouse, owner of the largest music publishing company in the United States. This was one of the last photographs taken of Barnhouse, as he passed away in 1929 at the age of 64. Others joining Barnhouse in the picture are: Sandy McGregor and John Sunstrum who are sitting and Perry and Paul Mathews who are standing. Chuck Russell Chuck Russell Chuck Russell "2009-06-10" www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html still image/jpeg 2000 image www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,204 Woman Fashionably Golfing at Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa, circa 1920 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Golf">Golf</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Female">Female</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elmhurst+Country+Club">Elmhurst Country Club</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Roaring+20%27s">Roaring 20's</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mahaska+County">Mahaska County</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oskaloosa">Oskaloosa</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Iowa">Iowa</a> In the 1920's, it was not uncommon to see women on the golf course, as seen in this particular image. Prior to the 1920's though, it would have been extremely uncommon to see women playing golf, as it was a sport solely made available to men. This image was taken at the Elmhurst Country Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Today, the country club has been made into a public facility and golf course (Oskaloosa Golf). Chuck Russell Chuck Russell Chuck Russell "2009-06-02" www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html image/jpeg 2000 image www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,185