A wooden racquet. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: NARRAGANSETT/SIXTY. Company trademark across throat of reverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/.../PROVIDENCE, R.I. Company logo 'NMCO STANDARD' is stamped in gold onto brown leather butt cap, but is obscured by sticker advertising original gut string supplier. The handle features a bound, white cloth grip. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis

A wooden, open throat racquet. Inscription across base of head of obverse reads: SIXTY. Inscription across base of head of reverse: NARRAGANSETT. Company trademark across stem of obverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/.../PAWTUCKET, R.I. Company logo 'NMCO STANDARD' is stamped in brown onto curry-coloured, cloth butt cover. The handle features a bound, light brown, soft leather grip. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, String, Gut, Cloth, Plastictennis

Used by conductors or conductors to retain and sell tickets from.Demonstrates the method of dispensing tickets by conductors, how the tickets could be arranged. Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat tramways and how they were presented.Sheet of leather, approx 2mm thick, stained brown with four pockets formed on each side with another sheet of leather, stitched on all sides to form pockets to hold eight blocks of tickets. Stitching is a white colour cotton. Has four blocks of tickets. 80c - blue - A 1016901 - Ballarat Vintage Tramway 30c - purple - A 69601 - Ballarat Tourist Tramway 10c - black - A 114000 - Ballarat Tourist Tramway 5c - red - A 137000 - Ballarat Tourist Tramwaybtm, ballarat tramway museum, ballarat tramways, tickets, ticket wallet, sec, conductors

A wooden racquet, partially painted white, with red leather-gripped handle. Inscription across the throat on obverse, accompanied by a crest and scroll device: ARISTOCRAT. Manufacturer's details across throat of reverse: EST. 1904/MAGNAN/RACKET CORP./N. ATTLEBORO/MASS. Black "dymo" tape adhered to left side of stem features the name DENNIS WALKER. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Leather, Cloth, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Adhesive labeltennis

A wooden racquet with enamel-painted shoulders, throat, and stem, and leather handle grip with trefoil perforations. Amongst a blue and green background are a number of decals advertising Slazenger, the quality of the racquet, and the retailer. Decals across base of head and throat on obverse: SLAZENGERS/BEAUFORT/CUSTOM STRUNG/DAWSON'S/SPORTING GOODS/SAN FRANCISCO. Decal on throat on reverse: SLAZENGERS/CHOICE OF/THE CHAMPIONS. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Ink, Paint, String, Glue, Lacquertennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Bruce Barnes International Model tennis racquet. Throat features a decal head profile illustration of Barnes, in front of a faux-Olympic rings device. Wilson logo in front of winged tennis ball emblem features on the shaft. Black leather handle grip with four-leaf clover perforations also feature. Butt cover features logo 'IT'S A WILSON'. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Adhesive tape, Paint, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Bruce Barnes International Model tennis racquet. Throat features a decal head profile illustration of Barnes, in front of a faux-Olympic rings device. Wilson logo in front of winged tennis ball emblem features on the shaft. Brown leather handle grip with four-leaf clover perforations also feature. Butt cover features logo 'IT'S A WILSON'. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Adhesive tape, Paint, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Chemold Rod Laver Professional Model tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather grip with lozenge perforations. Model name features across base of head and throat, accompanied by an 8-pointed star device. Chemold logo features along shaft. Chemold trademark with large 'C' features on lower shaft. Plain white plastic butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Rubber, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Adhesive tapetennis

A Chemold Rod Laver Sovereign tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and leather grip featuring quatrefoil perforations. Chemold logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and shaft, accompanied by a mounted fleur-de-lis device. Chemold trademark with large 'C' features on lower shaft and black butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Rubber, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

A Chemold Rod Laver Sovereign tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and leather grip featuring quatrefoil perforations. Chemold logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and shaft, accompanied by a mounted fleur-de-lis device. Chemold trademark with large 'C' features on lower shaft and black butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Rubber, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

A MacGregor Gold Crown tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, hide shoulder reinforcements, fibreglass throat and shoulders, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. MacGregor logo features on base of head. Model name, with gold crown device, features on throat. Gold crown device also features on black cloth butt cover. Materials: Wood, Enamel, Leather, Nylon, String, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth, Fibreglass, Adhesive tapetennis

A Rawlings, Earl Buchholz Signature tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with floral perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. Inscription: FIBRE/FUSED features across shaft. Rawlings 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and plastic butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Enamel, Leather, Rubbertennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe, 'The Mark of A Pro' tennis racquet, for young players, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat and along shaft. Rawlings red, black and white 'R' trademark features on lower shaft, and black 'R' on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Paint, Leather, Stringtennis

A Rawlings, John Newcombe tennis racquet, with cross-laminations from shoulders to handle, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Rawlings logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat, in between two red, white and blue arrow devices. Red, white and black cursive 'R' trademark features on lower shaft and in sunken butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis

A Seamco Ken Rosewall Professional tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and, leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Seamco logo features across base of head. Shield device with 'R' in centre features on throat. Model name features along the shaft. Seamco trademark symbol features on lower shaft and plastic butt cap (along with logo). Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Plastic, Ink, Adhesive tape, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Stringtennis

An Oliver International tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with continuous patterned perforations. Oliver logo featurs across crown, along shaft, and across butt cap. Model name features across base of head. Illustrated decal of stylised kangaroo features on throat. Reproduced signatures of Anderson and Sedgman feature on the sides of throat. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ribbon, Fibreglass, Rubber, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Snauwaert Orion tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, diagonal nylon stringing, and leather handle grip with floral perforations. Model name features across base of head, flanked by starburst devices. Diagonal grid design features on throat. Snauwaert logo features along shaft, with 'S' trademark in globe device below. 'S&D' trademark features on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Dunlop Maxply, Vincent Richards Personal Model tennis racquet, with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a cross-hatched leather handle. On the obverse, the Dunlop Maxply trademark features across base of head and throat, with the model name featured across the shaft. 'A Dunlop Production' logo features across the shaft on reverse. 'D Dunlop' trademark features on red butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Enameltennis

A Dunlop Lewis Hoad tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with floral perforations. Dunlop logo features across base of head. On obverse, a full-body action illustration decal of Hoad features on throat, and Lewis Hoad signature reproduction across shaft. Dynamic 'D' trademark features on black plastic butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Ribbontennis

A Dunlop Speed throat tennis racquet, with open throat/split shaft, ribbon whipping around shoulders and lower shaft, and leather handle with X-formation perforations. Dunlop logo features across base of head. Model name features on lower shaft. 'D' trademark in arrowhead device also features on lower shaft and white plastic butt cap. Materials: Wood, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Adhesive tape, Enamel, Nylon, Ribbontennis

A Spalding, "Pancho Gonzales" Impact-333 Model tennis racquet, featuring whipping around shoulders. Manufacturer's name along shaft and on butt cap; endorser name across base of head and rest of model name along lower shaft (both sides). 'S' symbol spray-painted across net. Perforated leather hand grip and white plastic butt cap. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Nylon, Paint, Leather, Plastic, Stringtennis

A Head 'Master' tennis racquet, featuring: twin shaft, 'I-beam', aluminium alloy frame; blue plastic bridge; Wilson 'Champion' nylon net strings; leather handle grip with X-formation perforations; black plastic shaft casing; and, black plastic butt cap. Head logo and trademark feature across bridge. Model name along outer side of left shaft. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paper, Inktennis

A Head 'Master' tennis racquet, featuring: twin shaft, 'I-beam', aluminium alloy frame; blue plastic bridge; 'Forten' nylon net strings; black, Babolat-brand leather handle grip, with patterned perforations; black plastic shaft casing; and, black plastic butt cap. Head logo and trademark feature across bridge. Model name along outer side of left shaft. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paper, Inktennis

Two-part object. (1) A Dura-Fiber XT tennis racquet, featuring black frame with open throat, hand grip wrapped in leather. Plastic butt cap printed with manufacturer's name. Manufacturer and model name also along shaft. (2) Brown & black vinyl head cover with zip. Printed with manufacturer and model name and words: 'TOTAL FIBREGLASS/MADE IN USA'. Materials: Wood, Metal, Fibreglass, Leather, Adhesive tape, Vinyl, Plastic, Inktennis

Two-part object. (1) A Fischer 'Powerwood' model tennis racquet, with teardrop shaped head, cloth whipping on shoulders, handle wrapped in perforated leather, and a plastic butt cap impressed with manufacturer logo. Modela name on base of head; manufacturer name and logo along shaft. (2) Brown vinyl racquet head cover printed with manufacturer logo and name in silver. Materials: Wood, Vinyl, Adhesive tape, Cloth tape, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Metaltennis

An Esquire 'Flex' tennis racquet with open throat and handle wrapped with leather. Original plastic shop wrap moulded to handle and has adhesive labels printed with information/prices in Taiwanese. Manufacturer name across base of head. Model name printed along pillar of throat. Word 'GRAPHITE' printed on crown. Plastic butt cap features manufacturers 'E' logo. Logo also featured at base of shaft. Materials: Graphite, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Leather, Ink, Vinyl, Metaltennis

A Wilson 'T3000' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft; metal shaft bridge; white plastic shaft casing featuring 'W' logo and silver whipping. Model name printed on adhesive label fitted to shaft bridge. Handle wrapped with brown perforated leather. Net anchored to metal wire wrapped around head frame. White plastic butt cap with label featuring manufacturer's 'W' logo. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Adhesive label, Leather, Stringtennis

A Wilson 'T4000' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft; metal shaft bridge; black plastic shaft casing featuring 'W' logo and silver whipping. Model name printed on adhesive label fitted to shaft bridge. Handle wrapped with brown perforated leather. Net anchored to metal wire wrapped around head frame. Black plastic domed butt cap imprinted with manufacturer name. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Adhesive label, Leather, Stringtennis

A Seamco Ken Rosewall-endorsed metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, metal shaft bridge, plastic throat bridge; black plastic shaft casing embossed with 'ACRO'; and a handle wrapped in brown leather. Black plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring manufacturer's 'S' logo and name. Manufacturer name on label on throat bridge (reverse). Endorser name on troat bridge (obverse). Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive label, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A Seamless (Seamco) Ken Rosewall-endorsed metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, metal shaft bridge, grey plastic throat bridge; black plastic shaft casing embossed with 'ACRO'; and a handle wrapped in brown leather. Black plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring black 'S' logo. Manufacturer name on label on throat bridge (both sides). Endorser name on sides of shaft. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive label, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis