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Tennis Collection (page 6)

Background imageTennis Collection: PERRY & VINES PERRY & VINES

PERRY & VINES PERRY & VINES
Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines, the worlds leading professionals before their match at the exclusive Everglades Club, Florida, USA. Perry won 9 to 7. Date: 1930s

Background imageTennis Collection: Lawn tennis 1879

Lawn tennis 1879
Lawn Tennis costume designed by Mr Punch. Date: 1879

Background imageTennis Collection: LAWN TENNIS / PUNCH / 1883

LAWN TENNIS / PUNCH / 1883
She: Yours or Mine, Sir Charles? He: Yours - AWFLY Yours! Date: 1883

Background imageTennis Collection: TENNIS AT CAIRO

TENNIS AT CAIRO
at the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Cairo (Egypt) Date: 1930

Background imageTennis Collection: THE TENNIS GIRL

THE TENNIS GIRL Date: 1930

Background imageTennis Collection: MIXED DOUBLES

MIXED DOUBLES
A game of mixed doubles Date: 1894

Background imageTennis Collection: TENNIS / READY TO PLAY

TENNIS / READY TO PLAY
YOURE NEVER READY ! Date: 1891

Background imageTennis Collection: Futuristic aerial tennis

Futuristic aerial tennis
A futuristic game of aerial tennis, which requires the net to be set very high. Date: 1899

Background imageTennis Collection: Tennis Ball and Geraniums

Tennis Ball and Geraniums

Background imageTennis Collection: A Tennis Match! - four cartoon mice hit the court

A Tennis Match! - four cartoon mice hit the court
A 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

Background imageTennis Collection: Sporty French Tennis Girl prepares to serve

Sporty French Tennis Girl prepares to serve. One hopes that her choice of woollen top, tie and thick bonnet does not cause her to overheat by the second set...! Date: 1920

Background imageTennis Collection: A Jolly Tennis girl volleys home another winner

A Jolly Tennis girl volleys home another winner! Date: 1914

Background imageTennis Collection: Lady Tennis Player having finished a game

Lady Tennis Player having finished a game Date: circa 1935

Background imageTennis Collection: Happy Birthday Greetings card - Dutch - Tennis Player

Happy Birthday Greetings card - Dutch - Tennis Player. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTennis Collection: Helen Wills as a debutante

Helen Wills as a debutante
Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998), American tennis player dominant during the 1920s and 30s, winner of 31 Grand Slam titles including 8 Wimbledon Championships

Background imageTennis Collection: Gabrielle Chanel & Baron Pantz on the French Riviera

Gabrielle Chanel & Baron Pantz on the French Riviera
Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, French fashion designer, pictured with the splendidly named Baron Pantz, taking a moment from their tennis match on the French Riviera

Background imageTennis Collection: Charlotte Cooper

Charlotte Cooper Sterry (1870 - 1966), female tennis player from England who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. Date: 1904

Background imageTennis Collection: Fashion for tennis 1910

Fashion for tennis 1910
Women models wearing fashionable clothing for a game of tennis. Date: 1910

Background imageTennis Collection: Lily d Alvarez wearing her Schiaparelli tennis culottes

Lily d Alvarez wearing her Schiaparelli tennis culottes
Lili d Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, pictured modelling her famous culottes, or divided skirt which divided opinion when she wore them at Wimbledon in 1931

Background imageTennis Collection: Dorothea Lambert Chambers, tennis champion

Dorothea Lambert Chambers, tennis champion
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914

Background imageTennis Collection: Fulwell Park, home of ex-King Manuel of Portugal

Fulwell Park, home of ex-King Manuel of Portugal
Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex, home of ex-King Manuel of Portugal and his wife, Princess Victoria Augusta of Hohenzollern

Background imageTennis Collection: Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent at Wimbledon

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent at Wimbledon
The Duchess of Kent with the champion of the mens singles final at Wimbledon, Frederick Schroeder and the gallant loser, Jaroslav Drobny

Background imageTennis Collection: Lili de Alvarez and her divided skirt

Lili de Alvarez and her divided skirt
Lili de Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, pictured modelling her famous culottes, or divided skirt which divided opinion when she wore them at Wimbledon in 1931

Background imageTennis Collection: Sport / Tennis

Sport / Tennis
Three young women, two with tennis racquets pose for their photograph

Background imageTennis Collection: Cupids playing tennis on a Valentine postcard

Cupids playing tennis on a Valentine postcard
Cupids playing tennis with red hearts on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTennis Collection: Cupid and woman playing tennis on a Valentine postcard

Cupid and woman playing tennis on a Valentine postcard
Cupid and woman playing tennis with a red heart on a Valentine postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTennis Collection: Two pupils at Marlborough College, Wiltshire

Two pupils at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, dressed for tennis. Date: 1911

Background imageTennis Collection: Tennis in Johannesburg

Tennis in Johannesburg
The Wimbledon of Johannesburg - a crowd of spectators watching a match on a hard court in South Africa. Date: 1929

Background imageTennis Collection: Advert for Lillywhites summer sports clothing 1930

Advert for Lillywhites summer sports clothing 1930
Fashions for all summer sports, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly. 1930

Background imageTennis Collection: Charleville Hotel, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India

Charleville Hotel, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
Charleville Hotel, with tennis court, Mussoorie hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTennis Collection: May Sutton Bundy, tennis champion

May Sutton Bundy, tennis champion
May Godfrey Sutton Bundy (September 25, 1886 October 4, 1975) female American tennis champion who was active during the first decades of the 20th century

Background imageTennis Collection: Fort Rutbah Wells, British Petroleum, Western Iraq

Fort Rutbah Wells, British Petroleum, Western Iraq
Aerial view of Fort Rutbah Wells, British Petroleum, Western Iraq. Also visible is a livestock pen, stables and a tennis court. circa 1932

Background imageTennis Collection: May Sutton Bundy, American tennis player

May Sutton Bundy, American tennis player
May Godfrey Sutton Bundy (September 25, 1886 October 4, 1975) female American tennis champion who was active during the first decades of the 20th century

Background imageTennis Collection: Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon

Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon
The new fashion for tennis shorts inspires one player to discard her dress and play in her underwear, much to the consternation and shock of some elderly female spectators. Date: 1931

Background imageTennis Collection: Jean Borotra

Jean Borotra (1898-1994), French tennis player known as the Bounding Basque pictured before his match with A. J. Wadsworth in the first round of the United States indoor tennis championships

Background imageTennis Collection: Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - playing tennis

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - playing tennis. circa 1910s

Background imageTennis Collection: Comerton Home, Newport-on-Tay, Fife

Comerton Home, Newport-on-Tay, Fife
Children and staff in front of the Comerton Home, near Newport, Fife. Toys include a rocking horse and dolls house. Two boys hold tennis rackets. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTennis Collection: Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player

Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (1899-1938), French tennis player, nicknamed La Divine by the French press. Date: 1925

Background imageTennis Collection: May Sutton

May Sutton
May Godfrey Sutton Bundy (1886 1975), American tennis champion who was active during the first decades of the 20th century. Photograph of Miss May Sutton after her victory. 1907

Background imageTennis Collection: Craigside Hotel Hydro, Llandudno, North Wales

Craigside Hotel Hydro, Llandudno, North Wales. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageTennis Collection: Young woman holding a tennis racket

Young woman holding a tennis racket
Young woman in a sailor suit and straw hat, holding a tennis racket -- One to Love. Date: circa 1908

Background imageTennis Collection: Suzanne Lenglens tennis outfits for Selfridges 1930

Suzanne Lenglens tennis outfits for Selfridges 1930
A page depicting the outfits designed and modelled by Suzanne Lenglen for Selfridges, knickers and blouse with adjustable skirt. 1930

Background imageTennis Collection: Teddy Tinling tennis dress, 1958

Teddy Tinling tennis dress, 1958
A high-waisted white pique dress decorated with drawn tread work with a broderie anglaise underslip by Teddy Tinling, Englands leading desiger of functional but fashion-conscious tennis clothes

Background imageTennis Collection: Living room with painted panels by Eric Ravilious

Living room with painted panels by Eric Ravilious
Living room in Sir Geoffrey Frys flat in London, with folding door panels painted with tennis scenes by Eric Ravilious. Date: 1933

Background imageTennis Collection: Charlotte Dod - English sportswoman and tennis player

Charlotte Dod - English sportswoman and tennis player
Charlotte " Lottie" Dod (1871-1960), sportswoman, tennis player and five times Wimbledon champion, was the youngest person ever to win a ladies singles title at Wimbledon

Background imageTennis Collection: Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at Wimbledon

Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at Wimbledon
Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes as " gentlemen in waiting" on the weather at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship in July 1914

Background imageTennis Collection: Suzanne Lenglen and Queen Mary, Wimbledon 1926

Suzanne Lenglen and Queen Mary, Wimbledon 1926
French tennis star Suzanne Lenglen pictured meeting Queen Mary on the Centre Court at Wimbledon in 1926. Lenglen had won the ladies singles championship the previous year. Date: 1926

Background imageTennis Collection: Anthony Wilding with society at Monte Carlo

Anthony Wilding with society at Monte Carlo
Tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion A. F. Wilding pictured at Monte Carlo with Lady Henry, Miss Elizabeth Asquith (daughter of the Prime Minister) and Miss Heinsins. Date: 1914



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