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Tennis comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes - see, learn, enjoy!
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Tennis from the beginning to today. Baseline: Not that long ago this sport was known to all as 'lawn tennis'. French 'flavored', lawn tennis, or tennis, as most of us refer to it today, originated in the 1870s in Britain. It spread like wild fire around the world. The heritage also runs deep in the United States and Australia, in what is truly a global sport in the 21st century. Tennis' roots likely go as far back as the 13th century, or 2000 BC depending on how you want to look at it. Let the Tennis Girl tell you about the early days of tennis, or...
...go to the more classic lawn tennis history page, or... ...get the 2-page history (pdf). Check out the Tennis Timeline ---------- These dedicated players clearly enjoy all their times on the tennis courts.
Sculptures, paintings, crafts, etc, artwork of various kinds all throughout the museum and on the Art page. ----- Tennis balls, ya can't play without them. See more about tennis balls on the Equipment pages. ----- Got milk? Milk and cereal that is. Wheaties has tennis. Tennis has been used to market a multitude of products, visit Ad In - Ad out
----- To see how tennis is portrayed in the mainstream non-tennis media see the Image page. ---------- It takes two to play a good game, of tennis - what's the score? Check out the Love Game section of the museum.
---------- John McEnroe at the US Open.
To see more faces you recognize go to the Famous page. ----- A 1937 International Professional Tennis Tour program - the first professional tour had been in 1926, and the momentum continued to build. The next year, 1938 Don Budge would win the Grand Slam before becoming a pro himself. Read the Tennis History. ---------- | 1924 was the last year of tennis as a medal sport in the modern Olympics, until 1988.
Hazel (Hotchkiss) Wightman was a 4 time US Champion, and the Wightman Cup event was first held in 1923. -----
Visit the Racquets page of the museum. ----- To see more about tennis in general, visit the About page. ----- This figurine of a girl in action is a hanging ornament. Don't forget to visit the Little People. ----- Just clowning around. Show your kids the kid's page, and enjoy it yourself as well.
----- "Come play with us"
See more glamor and fashion in the Belle de Tennis section. ----- Boyd's bear collectible - wow, the detail.
See the tennis Figurines. ----- Gary Patterson tennis artwork - visit the Funnee page
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----- Tennis has been on all types of glassware - see it throughout the museum, and on the Glass Tennis page.
Sally Serve on a sport skwirts metal lunch box circa 1972. See her again in the Kid's page.
And see tennis collectibles and curios that you just don't find anywhere on the Tennis Stuff page. ----- |
Sculptures from Rodo Padilla
