A Slazenger 'Plus' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, blue metal throat reinforcement; blue metal shaft casing; and a handle wrapped in black perforated Slazenger-branded leather. Manufacturer name & logo appear on white plastic butt cap and on throat reinforcement on reverse. Model name appears on shaft pillar and on throat reinforcement on obverse. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive label, Nylon, Stringtennis

A Wright and Ditson 'Criterion' tennis racquet, with: concave throat; bevelled crown; string whipping around shoulders; and, shallow-grooved, thick octagonal handle. Decal inscription along throat on obverse: CRITERION. Retailers details feature below across shaft. Wright & Ditson cursive logo features along throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Ink, Leather, Gut, Stringtennis

A Wright and Ditson 'DC Model' (i.e. Davis Cup Model) tennis racquet, with: concave throat; bevelled crown; string whipping around shoulders; and, bald, thick octagonal handle. Decal inscription along throat on obverse: WRIGHT & DITSON/DC/MODEL. Wright & Ditson cursive logo features along throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Ink, Leather, Gut, Stringtennis

A Spalding 'Model AH' tennis racquet, featuring: concave throat; bevelled crown; whipping over hide reinforced shoulders; and, fine-grooved, octagonal handle. 'A.G. Spalding & Bros. Made in U.S.A.' logo encircling ball trademark features on throat on reverse. Decal of model name features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Gut, Leather, Paint, String, Hidetennis

A Spalding 'Model EH' tennis racquet, featuring: concave throat; bevelled crown; whipping over hide reinforced shoulders; and, fine-grooved, octagonal handle. 'A.G. Spalding & Bros. Made in U.S.A.' logo encircling ball trademark features on throat on reverse. Decal of model name features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Leather, Paint, String, Hide, Guttennis

A Spalding 'Tournament' model tennis racquet, featuring concave throat and fine-grooved wooden handle with leather end wrap and butt cloth . White reinforcement tape around shoulders. Manufacter logo features on throat on reverse. Model name features on throat on obverse. Manufacturer logo printed on butt cloth. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Gut, Ink, String, Adhesive tapetennis

A Wright & Ditson 'Columbia' tennis racquet, with: composite convex throat; bevelled crown; and, fine-grooved handle. Model name features across throat on obverse. Manufacturer details feature along right side of shaft, and across butt cover. Wright & Ditson Championship 'tennis player on ball' trademark features across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, Guttennis

A wooden Horsman 'Model G' tennis racquet, with oriental gut (silk) strings, laminated convex throat, and, a rounded handle. Inscription across crown, on obverse: MODEL G. Horsman 'Centaur' trademark features on throat, on obverse. On throat, on reverse, is a moon-face sticker with inscr. 'THANKS' across top. Carved inscr. along shaft on obverse: ELMER. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Ink, Glue, Silktennis

A Peck & Snyder Staten Island tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cross-hatched handle, and originally, a wooden butt cap. Decals of model and maker feature across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Guttennis

An 'Handicap' wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse: HANDICAP/SELECTED. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Gut, Leathertennis

A 'Fantail' tennis racquet with solid convex throat, cloth tape reinforcements around shoulders and fine grooved handle with fantail butt. Name of model features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Cloth tapetennis

A 'University' tennis racquet, with: solid, convex throat; and fine-grooved, thick octagonal handle. Model name impressed across throat on obverse. Letter 'A' carved into right side of handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Ink, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat. Throat of obverse features the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Trademark also features on reverse, but with no gold fill. Manufacturing details feature across side of stem. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat and grooved handle. Crown of the racquet head features the illegible inscription: NA... This is obviously the model name. The throat of obverse features the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Gluetennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat. Inscription across crown on obverse: SERVICE. Inscription across throat on obverse: "HARVARD". The letter 'M' has been carved into the right side of the handle. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Gut, Leathertennis

A destrung Spalding transitional flat-top, junior tennis racquet, featuring: solid convex throat; and, cross hatched handle. Decal of Spalding logo in wreathed ball trademark features on throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Inktennis

A 'Sport' children's tennis racquet with concave throat, and fine-grooved handle, manufactured for New York toy retailer, FAO Schwarz. Bell trademark features on throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Cloth, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A flat top tennis racquet with metal bracing on throat. Materials: Wood, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

Two copies of this photograph are in the collection. One is Registration no. 619 and the other is Registration no. 267.Sepia photograph of a woman wearing dark jacket and hat, white blouse with cameo brooch at throat.ada bennett, ada keil

A wooden racquet with solid, convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and deep grooved handle. Features early use of laminated wood strips, nailed to side of stem, and up along throat and lower head. Inscription across throat on obverse: TUNMER/"SPECIAL". Inscription across butt cover, in French: A.A. TUNMER/& CO.//PARIS/A GARDER SOUS PRESSE. On the throat on reverse, is inscription in French and Latin: MARQUE DE FABRIQUE/DEPOSEE/ATA/IN HOC SIGNO VINCES. Materials: Wood, Gut, Cloth tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Metal, Painttennis

A Slazenger 'Phantom Silver' tennis racquet with open throat, plastic butt cap and handle wrapped with leather. Clear plastic shop wrap still on handle. Manufacturer name along side of right throat pillar and printed as pattern on leather handle wrap. Model name printed along right throat pillar. Adhesive label inside throat states: 'MARSHALL INDUSTRIAL CORP./ITEM NO. SCT-639'. Plastic butt cap features manufacturers name and cat logo. Cat logo also sprayed onto net. Materials: Adhesive tape, Plastic, Leather, Ink, Vinyl, Graphitetennis

A Wright & Ditson 'All American' model wooden racquet with concave throat and octagonal grooved handle. String whipping around shoulders and string whipping and plastic reinforcements around base of throat. Leather end wrap. On obverse, model name appears as a decal along throat. On reverse,trademark and manufacture information is printed as decal across throat. On one side of shaft:'WRIGHT & DITSON/MAKERS/MADE IN U.S.A.' and on other side of shaft:'STRUNG BY'. On other side of shaft:PATENTED/TOP FLITE CONSTRUCTION. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, String, Plastictennis

A wooden, transitional flat-top racquet with a convex throat and cross-hatched handle. Decal logo on throat on obverse comprises of a winged ball, with inscription: VICTOR/.../SPORTING GOODS CO. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Leather, Inktennis

A Pastime tennis racquet, featuring: solid convex throat; gut stringing; cross-hatch carved handle; and leather end wrap and butt cover. Model name is impressed across throat, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Guttennis

A Philport-Clarkson 'Balance Model VIII' tennis racquet with composite concave throat. String whipping around shoulders and shaft. Octagonal handle with leather end wrap and butt cap. Model name printed as shield-shaped decal across throat on obverse. Manufacturer name & details and statement: TAILOR MADE' printed as decal across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Ink, String, Leather, Nylontennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat. Inscription along the throat on reverse: LAWFORD. The symbol associated with Narragansett Machine Company, made up of a squares and triangles design, features below on the stem. Inscription along the throat on the obverse: MARATHON. The Marathon racquet was a in-house brand-name for all Montgomery Ward sporting goods. The 'Lawford' is obviously the model name. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, String, Plastic, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, and a cork-inlaid octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: POWELTON. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Logo is also gold impressed onto red butt cover.Inscription across left side of stem: MADE BY E. KENT/PAWTUCKET, R.I., U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Corktennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, and cork-inlaid handle. The throat on obverse features the decal inscription: POWHATAN. The throat on reverse features the decal logo, in gold, red and black, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within device: D & M/TRADE MARK. Logo also features on black butt cover, impressed in gold. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Gut, String, Leather, Paint, Corktennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, yellow whipping, and grooved handle. Inscription along the throat on obverse: CHAMPIONSHIP. Manufacturer's mark, featured on throat on reverse, comprises of the letter 'M' at the centre of a badge with a gold ribbon. Inscription: N.J. MAGNAN CORP./RACKET MFRS/NO. ATTLEBORO,MASS. Original stringing has been removed, with some remnants in the eyelets. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Cloth, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Inktennis

A wooden racquet, with twine stringing. Decal image of a cup trophy features on the lower throat on both sides. Inscription across throat on obverse: WILSON/HENRI COCHET/MODEL. Inscription across throat on reverse: INTERNATIONAL CUP. Hand written inscription in biro, along handle on obverse: T.R. BAINBRIDGE/SAVANNAH, GA./9-11-35. Materials: Wood, Twine, Metal, Ink, Lacquer, Glue, Cloth, Leathertennis