A Wright & Ditson 'WLS Blue Ribbon' tennis racquet. String whipping and blue plastic reinforcements around shoulders. Racquet model name 'BLUE RIBBON' , printed along throat on obverse and model name 'WLS' printed as lightning bolts across throat on reverse. Manufacturer name and place of manufacture printed on right side of shaft. Octagonal fine-grooved handle, with leather end wrap. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, Gut, String, Plastictennis

A Spalding 'Natural' Specialist Frame tennis racquet, with wood grain finish on lower half of head and along edge of shaft and head; leather handle grip printed with manufacturer name; and, plastic butt cap featuring 'S' logo. Model name features along base of head. Manufacturer's 'S' logo appears on lower shaft. Inscription on side outlines the wood & fibre composition of racquet. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibretennis

A Spalding Pancho Gonzales-endorsed 'Prize Cup' wood tennis racquet. String whipping reinforcements around shoulders and around shaft. Endorser's signature, lion symbol & model name printed across throat on obverse and reverse. Manufacturer's name and logo printed along shaft on both sides of racquet. Grip wrapped with red plastic tape. Large Spalding 'S" logo printed onto butt cap. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Nylon, Paint, Plastic, Stringtennis

A Wilson Stan Smith Autograph tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo, flanked by two pairs of brown diamond devices. Throat features model name, with a black and red silhouette of Smith in action. Lower shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Racquet features Wilson brand leather handle grip. Autograph by Smith across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Ribbon, Plastic, Fibreglasstennis

A wooden tennis racquet with hide supports, blue and gold string whipping, and a leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Inscription along throat and shaft on obverse: SUPER/WINNER/BANCROFT. Inscription across throat, on reverse (now removed): F.J. BANCROFT/.../PAWTUCKET/R.I. U.S.A./... Original decal trademark comprises of an eagle grasping a tennis racquet, in front of the Globe, with motto: USED/THE WORLD OVER. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, String, Cloth, Hidetennis

A wooden tennis racquet, with solid convcave throat, oval head, and string whipping around shoulders. Octagonal handle with leather end wrap. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, String, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat. The throat on obverse features the inscription: KNICKERBOCKER. Below inscription is the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Paint, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, red whipping, and a ball handle. Inscription across the throat and along the stem of the obverse: THE/TOURNAMENT/2/GEO.G.BUSSEY&CO. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Stringtennis

a wooden racuet green and red whipping and black butt cover. Decal inscription along the throat on both sides of the racquet: STREAMLINE. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis

A Dura-Fiber prototype tennis racquet, featuring open throat, handle grip wrapped in leather and plastic butt cap. No net. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Paint, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

A Wright and Ditson tennis racquet, with: solid, convex throat; and, fine-grooved, slender octagonal handle. Inscription along throat on obverse: BOSTON/WRIGHT & DITSON. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Painttennis

A Read squash racquet, with gut stringing, and leather handle grip. Manufacturer's details across throat on obverse, and across butt cover. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Inktennis

A tennis racquet with wedgeless, open throat, red cloth tape binding lower shoulders and upper shaft, and collaring mid-shaft and butt. Materials: Wood, Gut, Cloth tape, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

An Horace Partridge Crescent badminton racquet, with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Plastic, Ink, Clothtennis

A Hazell Ariel badminton racquet, with string whipping around cloth tape reinforced shoulders, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Cloth tape, Inktennis

A Rollin Wilson Midget Model, children's tennis racquet, with paper tape whipping around shaft/handle. Manufacturer and model decal on throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Twine, Paper, Glue, Lacquer, Inktennis

A miniature Grays real tennis racquet, with plastic tape whipping around shoulders and shaft, and vinyl handle grip. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Vinyl, Ink, Paint, Cloth, Glue, Lacquertennis

A Challenge Classic tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Adhesive tape, Painttennis

A Crown Melbourne tennis racquet, produced in association with the ABC program, Wide World of Sports. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Synthetic material, Nylon, Plastic, Adhesive tape, String, Painttennis

A white protoype racquet; composite matierals; no model or maker markings. Plastic wrap on handle and adhesive label atating: '3609/30-6' Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Adhesive labeltennis

A Dunlop 'XLT-15' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and Wilson 'Championship' nylon netting. Materials: Metal, Composite Materials, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Painttennis

A Bobby Riggs, Fox 'Hustler' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and Fox trademark superimposed onto netting. Materials: Metal, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Painttennis

A Prince 'International 110' split shaft oversize tennis racquet, with brown plastic bridge, and Prince 'Technigrip' handle grip. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Synthetic materialtennis

A Prince 'Graphite' oversize tennis racquet, with Prince 'Synthetic Gut' strings, and original handle grip retail wrap. Materials: Synthetic Gut, Graphite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Synthetic material, Leathertennis

A Prince 'Precision Graphite' tennis racquet, with Prince 'Softzorb' synthetic handle grip, and 'Forten' synthetic gut strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic Gut, Synthetic materialtennis

T.M. Gardiner"The Royal" model wooden racquet with red whipping and white tape on shoulders and finely grooved wood handle. Leather cuff on butt. Oval head. Materials: Wood, String, Gut, Leathertennis

A 'Champion' model transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, black leather crown protector, and fine-grooved, slender octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

A wooden tennis racquet with laminated convex throat, & crosshatched handle. Decal inscription across throat on obverse: S&H/125TH ST N.Y. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Inktennis

A wooden tennis racquet with: solid convex throat; and fine-grooved handle with fan-tailed butt. Inscription across throat on obverse: HARRODS LTD./LONDON. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Inktennis

A Club 'Anchora' tennis racquet with: bevelled crown; string whipping over cloth tape reinforced shoulders; and, fine-grooved handle with fantail butt. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Stringtennis