Joe,
My first impression from that aerial was similar to some other responses here: Perhaps not much to see.
But I figured you had good reason to look closer at this course.
So I did.
Yikes.
Look at some of those greens!
Oblique aerials can certainly distort, but I think it's safe to say there were some pretty big rolls on those greens.
And the perimeters were definitely each considered and well-conceived.
As Pat said, "I suspect that "angles" were critical to scoring, especially in 1924 when lush conditions referred to party guests."
Look at the 11th green. Imagine trying to get to the back left over that ridge. Especially if you went for the green in 2 and ended up anywhere left of the green.
The green side bunkering is pretty serious too.
Look at the feed-in slopes from the bunker to the putting surface on the 15th hole, both right and left.
And look at that right side bunker on 16! Maybe the aerial is deceptive, but that sure looks like a see-it-once, never-forget approach.
If it is as uphill as it seems to me, and if the green has rolls like the others (and that I can almost convince myself that I see in the aerial),
I'd bet there were a lot of golfers de-greening even back in the day.
Whoever built this put a lot of thought, creativity, and energy into those greens, at least the ones that I can see pretty well.
If I had to guess, I'd say, well, the best I could guess would be someone known for his greens.