Suzanne Lenglen leaps into a volley

Leaping into the French Open; here is a picture of Suzanne Lenglen.
This is a postcard,or it may simply be a photo card.
The printing on the back;
1921 Nice
Suzanne Lenglen
Photographie par Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Ministere de la Culture-France / A.A.J.H.I.

Tennis Racket as Guitar 2

I happened upon another strumming tennis player.This is an ad,or postcard from the Estby Organ Company.

Postcard - Great Hill Observatory 1905

This is a postcard of the Great Hill Observatory, Hough's Neck, Quincy, Mass.
It's from the Rotograph Company.Copyright 1905.

Tennis on a slope.Good drainage at least.
A charming picture of a time when people would just string up a net and play.

Postcard - Tennis Player and Old Farmer

Caption; "Guess ye kin hit up a purty lively tune on them things, can't ye?"



One of the tennis things I've taken to collecting is postcards.I don't have that many yet.But I thought I would put some up.It can really be fun to see how the tennis images are portrayed,and mixed with other subjects.

This postcard looks to be from 10's - 20's period.You have a tennis player wearing long flannels,and a tie.Holding a wooden racket with a convex throat.He's listening to an old farmer.You have to wonder where the court is for these two to happen to meet.Out past the cow pasture, I reckon.
I hope the player sets aside the pipe during the match.

Tennis with a little country cornpone humor.

It reminds me how often you see someone pretending to play the racket like a guitar in old group photos of tennis players.There's always a wit in every crowd.
I'm sure I could find a few pictures to put up on that subject.