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The Driftway Collection Blog Archive
Wimbledon - Rarely Black & White
by Jim McCready Ah! To bathe oneself in the Champoinships! A fortnight of historic soap and water, soothing the woes in mid-stride of a...
Improbable Journey - Titanic to Newport
by Jim McCready American Tennis Greats (L-R) Maurice McLaughlin, Dick Williams, Karl Behr and Tom Bundy of which Williams & Behr were...
History of Tennis 1873 - 1900
by Jim McCready 1800s Print of Prince James, Duke of York, Playing Court Tennis Racquet sports go back many centuries. Over nets or off...
History of Tennis 1900 - 1938
by Jim McCready Boston Sunday Post Magazine, 1915 The new century brought optimism to players and officials. Tennis play had now spread...
NTRP Travels through Time
by Jim McCready Detail from a advertising trade card - 1905 What would it be like to travel back in time and get the chance to test the...
Vive Les Musketeers: The Enduring Mystique of the French Open
by Jim McCready The Four Musketeers with tournament director Pierre Gillan. (from left): Jacques ("Toto") Burgeon, Henri Cochet, Gillan,...
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