- Date
- 1900 – 1906
- Material
- wood; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0004 a,b
- Description
- A tennis racket and case.a) Wooden tennis racket with laminated handle of light and dark wood. The handle is incised with vertical lines and carved at the end with a deep groove down its length. The racket is strung with natural gut with three rows of red at the top and bottom. The handle is mar…
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- Title
- Tennis Racket
- Date
- 1900 – 1906
- Material
- wood; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 22.5 x 68.0 cm
- Description
- A tennis racket and case.a) Wooden tennis racket with laminated handle of light and dark wood. The handle is incised with vertical lines and carved at the end with a deep groove down its length. The racket is strung with natural gut with three rows of red at the top and bottom. The handle is marked “Best is Best thro’ the World,” “S&S/L” in the centre of a hexagram and the other side is marked “The Demon.” b) A soft case of light brown denim laminated to a green plaid lining made to fit the racket. The cover has a flap at the top with a brass snap. There is a canvas handle on one side. The flap has “W.A. Brewster, Banff, Alta.,” “1906 D.L.M. Jr.” and “_M_” written on it.
- Subject
- sports, tennis
- W. A. “Bill” Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0004 a,b
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