Tennis Collection (page 12)

Edwardian tennis match at an unknown venue, but a good turnout and an impressive action shot given the technology of the time Date: circa 1908

Tennis party, c. 1880s
A family group, with some of the party dressed in sporting attire. The woman on the left holds a tennis racquet. Date: c.1880sA

Mens doubles tennis match at Moorfield Tennis Club, Stockport - a good action shot, considering the limitations on contemporary equipment Date: 1913

Tennis player serving at Moorfield Tennis Club in Stockport - an adventurpous and successful action shot of the day Date: 1913

Group of men in conversation outside tennis club house - a delightful shot which captures a very natural and relaxed scene with compassion and humour Date: 1913

Tennis players on court at Moorfield Tennis Club Stockport, showing contemporary styles of clothing and play Date: 1913

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

Silhouette of people playing tennis on a sunny day, by H.L. Oakley. Date: circa 1920s

South Coast of England - Boscombe Tennis Courts
Victorian Glass Lantern slide from a series on the South Coast of England - Boscombe Tennis Courts. Part of box 218 Boswell Collection; listed, Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Sunlight Yarn Knitting book - vintage tennis fashion
Front cover of a Sunlight Yarn Knitting book featuring a young woman in a fine knitted jumper readying herself to take a smash during a tennis match. Date: 1914-1918

Fred Perry (1909 1995) championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player and former World No. 1 who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams single titles, 1936

Victorian family group with tennis racquet
A rather serious-looking Victorian family group of a couple with two children and a tennis racquet. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for Lillywhites womens sportswear 1937
Advertisement for sportswear for womens underwear from Lillywhites including a number of outfits. Pantee trunk for all sports occasions, fitting closely under the lightest materials

Firefighters playing tennis during a break, London
Firefighters playing tennis outside their fire station during a break, London

Kathleen McKane British single lawn-tennis
Miss Kathleen McKane (Kitty McKane Godfree), (1896 - 1992), British lawn-tennis winner, in 1926. Kathleen McKane winning ladies singles against Senorita de Alvarez, Spanish champion at Wimbledon

Johnny Get Your Gun by Frank Reynolds, outbreak of WW1
Illustration by Frank Reynolds showing a young man in tennis whites smoking a cigarette hesitating while the rest of the country rush to the colours at the outbreak of the First World War

Burberry for summer sport, 1914
Advertisement for Burberrys of London, placed in The Sketch magazines 5 August 1914 issue, showing four outfits suitable for the pursuits of the season from a yachting gown for Cowes to a shooting

Poster, Rudge, Britains best bicycle since 1869, showing people playing tennis. Date: circa 1939

Victorian family group in the garden of a country house
A Victorian family group seated in their garden taken in a Cotswold villlage. England. The tennis court is clearly marked out in the foreground. Date: circa 1890

Bystander cover, Anthony Wilding & Arthur Balfour tennis
The Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour and Mr Anthony (Tony) Frederick Wilding, four-times Wimbledon tennis champion, pictured as doubles partners in a friendly match on Centre Court at Wimbledon in July 1917

Suzanne Lenglen aged 15
Suzanne Lenglen (1899 - 1938), French tennis player, winner of 81 singles titles during the 1920s. Pictured as a precocious fifteen year old in The Tatler, which writes

Tennis player Anthony Wilding serving, 1905
New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 pictured early in his career at the age of 22 playing at Wimbledon in 1905

Anthony Wilding being congratulated at Wimbledon, 1905
New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 pictured early in his career at the age of 22 being congratulated after

Captain Anthony Wilding, tennis champion
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

Maidenhead for the summer by Fish
Impression of Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire in August by Annie Fish, a popular a popular destination, and one with a bit of a reputation, for fashionable society in the first half of the 20th century

Tennis player Norman Brookes in caricature
Norman Everard Brookes (1877-1968) Australian No. 1. tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1907 and 1914. Brookes also played doubles with the New Zealander

Tatler front cover featuring Elsie Janis, 1916
Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as " the sweetheart of

Duchess of Sutherland playing tennis in aid of war charity
The Duchess of Sutherland, formerly Lady Eileen Butler, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Lanesborough, taking part in a tennis tournament at Surbiton, organised in aid of war funds

Tennis and flirting, 1916
Illustration by Annie Fish to accompany the Tatlers gossip column, The Letters of Eve, showing a lady arriving on a tennis court fully garbed and ready for a game

Anthony Wilding driving armoured car at Dunkirk, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 in an armoured car with trailer attached at Dunkirk, bound for the front

Anthony Wilding in Paris, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

Anthony Wilding at Beau Site, Cannes, 1914
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion from 1910-1913. Pictured at Beau Site in Cannes in 1914 seated second from right

Anthony Wilding at an aerodrome in France, 1915
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion pictured at an aerodrome somewhere in France in 1915 with from left

Anthony Wilding and Arthur Balfour at Nice, 1914
Captain 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

Tennis champion Anthony Wilding at Cannes
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion, pictured on the Beau Site Courts at Cannes in 1914 with, from left, F. G

Davis Cup doubles match, Wildings last
The last competitive lawn tennis match played by Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and four times Wimbledon Champion (1910-1913)

Anthony Wilding with Arthur Balfour at Wimbledon
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 with Arthur Balfour, British conservative M.P

Anthony Wilding at Wimbledon in 1913
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand born tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 pictured playing on court and defeating M. E

Anthony Wilding on a motorcycle tour of the UK
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand-born tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. Wilding was also a keen motorist and motorcyclist

Anthony Wilding in Hungary
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 & 1913

Anthony Wilding playing tennis at Cannes
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand tennis player pictured playing a game on the Cannes Club Courts in 1911. Won Wimbledon four times in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913

Anthony Wilding, tennis player & Wimbledon champion
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

Ping Pong in Fairyland
Fairies playing ping pong on a mushroom. Date: 1902

Bystander cover, a royal tennis player
Front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring Prince Albert, Duke of York -the future King George VI - as a tennis player

Television cameras at Wimbledon for first time
Television cameras in action at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon in 1937 which was being televised for the first time that year. Date: 1937

Bunny Austin and Lyttleton Rogers at Wiimbledon
Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin (1906-2000), looks up at the towering frame of his 6 ft 7 inche opponent, Lyttelton Rogers of Ireland

Yenan Workers Club
The Workers Club at Yenan (Yennan, Yan an) in the Shaanxi province of China. Yenan became the centre of the Chinese communist revolution

Betty Nuthall by Madame Yevonde
Betty Nuthall (1911-1983) by Madame Yevonde. She was an English tennis player, champion at Wimbledon and in the French and US Opens. Seen here modelling with ostrich feathers, in a puzzle picture

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