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Making Tennis RacquetsStringing new tennis racquets at a workshop in Wimbledon, London
Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain GerbaultFront cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying
Duchess of York and Helen Wills Moody at WimbledonElizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) and Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998) at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon
Tennis Players (2nd state)This lithograph portrays a pair of male and female tennis players, holding their racquets, whilst stood in an elegant position, on court, with some tall sunflowers between them. Date: 1918
Couple posing with tennis rackets, probably in Blanefield, Scotland. circa 1890s
Itinerant seller of brushes and racquets, un brossetier, 18th century. He carries a brush with bone handle 1, Dutch clothes brush 2, ordinary clothes brush 3, hat brush 4, paintbrush 5
Butterfly collectors tools from the 18th century: aerial net on a cane 1, scissors with racquets 2, small preservative brush 6, and soft brush to remove dust 9
King George in Wimbledon Whites holding tennis racquets Date: 1905
Love Game Date: 1920
RACQUETS AT BELVEDEREA pairs match is watched by a high-brow crowd at Belvedere. Date: 1858
SPORT / RACQUETSPrinces Racquet Club Courts, Hans Place, Belgrave Square. Date: 1857
Futuristic aerial tennisA futuristic game of aerial tennis, which requires the net to be set very high. Date: 1899
A Tennis Match! - four cartoon mice hit the courtA Tennis Match! - four French cartoon mice (seemingly related to a film and TV star from across the pond) hit the court for a few sets. Date: 1922
Lady Tennis Player having finished a game Date: circa 1935
Sport / TennisThree young women, two with tennis racquets pose for their photograph
Greetings card in the shape of a badminton racquet. Date: circa 1890s
Woman with a tennis racquet, c. 1885A young woman holding a tennis racquet. Date: c. 1885
The Avenue tennis racket advertising showcard, 1890An exquisite advertising show card from around 1890 for The Avenue tennis racquet manufactured by Clapshaw and Cleave of Birmingham, Bradford and Brighton
Picnic Cakes with sports decorations -- lawn tennis, coaching, cricket, boating, football, polo. circa 1890
New Year card in the shape of a badminton racquet with shuttlecock and butterfly. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a badminton racquet with shuttlecock and butterfly. Date: circa 1890s
Four police officers playing mixed doubles tennisFour police officers (including WPC Alison Blair, right) playing a mixed doubles tennis match. Date: circa 1960s
Women police officers in tennis gear, Pembridge HallWomen police officers in tennis gear, with racquets, on the steps of Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2
Tennis Party India C1920A jolly tennis party. Date: circa 1920
Edwardian woman playing tennis, watched by a smoking man. Date: early 1900s
Edwardian couple playing tennis -- the man runs to hit the ball. Date: early 1900s
Three children playing shuttlecock on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Five girls with tea tray in a gardenFive girls with a tea tray in a garden on a summers day. A badminton net is set up on the lawn in the background. Date: circa 1920s
Silhouette of contrasting transport, 1874 and 1924, by H.L. Oakley, in Tennis magazine, 24 July 1924. Above: a group of people arriving at a country house by horse-drawn carriage in 1874
Anthony Wilding and Arthur Balfour at Nice, 1914Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion pictured in Nice in 1914 about to partner Mr Arthur Balfour, British conservative M.P
The Princes Club Racquet Courts, 1857The Princes Club Racquet Courts at Hans Place, Belgrave Square, London. A private gentlemans club, designed by Mr. B. Burton, consisting of three courts, one of which is pictured here
Men and women taking tea in a gardenThree men and three women taking tea in a garden. A little dog looks up expectantly. The two younger women have tennis racquets. C.1900
Silhouette of a tennis playerFull-length silhouette of a tennis player with two tennis racquets tucked under his arm. 1926
Teddy Tinling tennis outfit, 1962A tailored tennis suit in cotton pique with a drawstring waist and crossed racquets motif embroidered in blue on the shirt top designed by tennis fashion guru, Teddy Tinling. Date: 1962
Men playing tennis at Crosslands HouseTwo men taking part in a doubles tennis match at Crosslands House
Hampton Court TennisLawn tennis in Hampton Court Tilt Yard: some are playing, some hold racquets and chat, others watch and walk by the courts
H K Foster - CricketerH K Foster - Worcestershire cricketer - who, like so many of his contemporaries also excelled at other sports, in Fosters case Racquets - as Champion Amateur 1894-1900
Children / Park C1908Children in the park on a sunny day
Family in GardenA family break off from their tennis game to be photographed informally in their garden, with their dog, probably in Sussex, England
STEAMSHIP FRANCONIACunarder on the Atlantic run, described as a floating stadium because of her luxurious sports facilities - swimming pool, gymnasia and racquets court
Sport / GrylloA strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!
Fleet Prison CourtyardPrisoners in the courtyard exercising and playing racquets
New Tennis RacquetsA female worker shows off several newly made tennis racquets, Wimbledon, London
