Page 673 of Harper's Weekly (17 sept. 1887, featuring colour lithographic images, from photographs, of top U.S. players, withthe heading: THE LEADING PLAYERS AT THE ORANGE LAWN-TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Page 824 of Harper's Weekly (10 Dec. 1881), featuring a colour lithographic image of a number of indoor lawn tennis matches being played in the large drill hall of the Seventh Regiment Armory. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Spalding Real tennis racquet. Animal hide stretched across head of racquet. Throat and handle are woven bamboo and plant fibre. Metal plate on throat is branded with Spalding logo. Materials: Wood, Bamboo, Hide, Metaltennis

Colour lithograph of cover The American Magazine July 1932. Depicts woman in red jackt seated and holding 3 tennis racquets. Sealed in plastic wrap. In pale pink mount. Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Plastictennis

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

A wooden flat-top tennis racquet with solid concave throat, ribbon and cloth collar, and a leather handle grip extending up the whole length of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Cloth, Ribbontennis

A Frank Sugg transitional flat-top tennis racquet with solid convex throat, ivory inlay with manufacturer's details on throat, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Ink, Ivorytennis

A Thornton 'The Monarch' Special tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape reinforced shoulders with string whipping, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Cloth tape, Inktennis

A William Read & Sons Inc wooden tennis racquet . Has solid convex throat and octagonal handle with fine grooves. Manufacturer name and trademark printed across throat. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Ink, Guttennis

Mark 77 brand tennis racquet. West German. Reinforced stringing across centre of net. Aluminium frame. Fluorescent cloth tape along top of head with words 'Fischer Besaitungstechnik'. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis

Mark 77 brand tennis racquet. West German. Reinforced stringing across centre of net. Aluminium frame. Fluorescent cloth tape along top of head with words 'Fischer Besaitungstechnik'. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis

A Grenvilles 'The Varsity' wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape reinforced shoulders with string whipping, and a slightly fantailed handle butt. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, String, Cloth tape, Inktennis

An H.H. Co. Multnomah tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and cloth tape wrapped around the lower half of the fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Leather, String, Ink, Cloth tapetennis

An unstrung Wright and Ditson transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with: solid, convex throat; and, cross-hatched handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: WRIGHT/& DITSON/BOSTON. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Inktennis

A Pretty tennis racquet with solid convex throat, and leather collars around upper shaft and (originally) butt. Model name is impressed in cursive script across throat, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A Sportsply Royal Crown Dynacane Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Jelinek World Ace Challenger tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Vinyl, Adhesive tape, String, Painttennis

A Goodwin Trophy tennis racquet, with cloth tape reinforced shoulders, string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Paint, Cloth tapetennis

A Wales Topspin tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, String, Adhesive tape, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

An unstrung L.T.R.P.C.A. "The Professional" tennis racquet, with slim shaft, ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Leather, Cloth, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis

A Franklin CFT-880 tennis racquet, with fibre-reinforced open throat and split shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Fibre, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A wooden tennis racquet with a laminated, convex throat, and fine grooved handle. Inscription across crown and throat, on obverse: OLYMPIC/F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Inktennis

A Prince 'Graphite Comp XB Mid Plus' tennis racquet, with Prince 'Technigrip' synthetic handle grip, and original handle grip retail wrap. Materials: Synthetic Gut, Graphite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Synthetic materialtennis

An unstrung Prince 'Spectrum Comp Series 90' mid size tennis racquet, with vinyl cover, and warranty/identification card. Materials: Composite Materials, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Paint, Vinyl, Metal, Plastic, Ink, Cardboard, Inktennis

An unstrung Prince 'Spectrum Comp Series 110' full size tennis racquet, with vinyl cover, and warranty/identification card. Materials: Composite Materials, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Paint, Vinyl, Metal, Plastic, Ink, Cardboard, Inktennis

A Prince Longbody 'Precision Equipe' midplus tennis racquet, with Prince 'Duraperf' synthetic handle grip, and Prince 'DNA Helix 16' synthetic gut strings. Materials: Graphite, Paint, Synthetic Gut, Ink, Synthetic material, Plastictennis

A Prince 'Precision Spectrum' demonstration tennis racquet, with Prince 'Duratac' synthetic handle grip, and Prince 'Duraflex 17' synthetic gut strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic Gut, Synthetic materialtennis

A Chris '5-Star' graphite tennis racquet, with a very broad open throat, shaped by convex curved sides, and Chris 'Topline' strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Nylontennis

A Chris '5-Star' boron tennis racquet, with a very broad open throat, shaped by convex curved sides, and Chris 'Topline' strings. Materials: Boron, Composite Materials, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Nylontennis