Tennis Style & Elegance

Vintage photos, dresses, style and movie icons - strictly 20th century. Interaction of tennis and society, sport and fashion.

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Kathryn Grayson

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"In this 1958 photo, shortstop Johnny Logan is shown hamming it up in Las Vegas with Ginger Rogers. The AP wirephoto caption described Rogers as "one of the better tennis players among movie folk." via http://boblemke.blogspot.de/2012/11/ballplayers-get-best-babes-part-9.html

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Judy Garland and Paulette Goddard play tennis - via Pictify

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A Smokin' Dolores Del Rio takes a cigarette break while playing tennis 1936 via http://classiccinemaimages.com/smokin/smokin-dolores-del-rio-1936/

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George O'Brien, Hollywood actor

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"That’s John Jacob Astor IV, Jakie, son of Mrs. Astor, father of Vincent, the man who only a few years later would be lost on the Titanic. That's his wife with the veil sitting with her back to him." via http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/32945/print

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Newport, Rhode Island

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The Kennedys, Florida and Tennis "It was Rodman Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, PA, a department store tycoon, who had Mizner build his Florida mansion at the northern end on Palm Beach ... His family held onto the estate for a few years, but with the economic conditions brought on by the Great Depression, they sold the two-acre property and home in 1933 to Joseph P. Kennedy for $120,000 ... Also put in was a and tennis court for his large family to enjoy. Rose and Joe Kennedy's children spent a great deal of time growing up there, especially during the winter season of December to April. via http://www.pinkpillbox.com/palmbeach.htm

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The Everglades Club's former Bali Bar, now re-decorated and called the Coral Room. (Undated photo from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County) via http://clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/2011/south-florida/palm-beach-county/inside-the-everglades-club-the-origins-of-palm-beach-style/

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The Orange Garden at the Everglades Club, set up for a party with a covered stage and dance floor, strung with Chinese lanterns. Today, a retractable roof covers the Orange Garden, so members can still dance under the stars. (Undated photo from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County)

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A 1925 view of Worth Avenue, showing the Everglades Club at right. (Historical Society of Palm Beach County) via http://clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/2011/south-florida/palm-beach-county/inside-the-everglades-club-the-origins-of-palm-beach-style/

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Newport Casino Tennis Club

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Tennis at Newport Casino

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"In these undated photos taken at the Everglades Club, Countess Court Haugwitz-Revetlow, the former Barbara Hutton, watches a tennis match wearing pearl earrings and a drop-pearl bracelet, and Cornelia Guest and her mother, Mrs. F.C. Guest, attend a circus. (Palm Beach Daily News file photos)"

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Von Cramm was apparently gay or bi-sexual, but never came out of the closet. He also eventually married Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. Interesting also the link to Bill Tilden's homosexuality. All this one of the early scandals in tennis. More background at http://www.dw.de/germany-vs-the-us-in-1937-the-greatest-tennis-match-ever-played/a-4455340

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Martin Munkácsi, Tennis player Gottfried Freiherr von Cramm and his wife Elisabeth, 1930 via http://weimarart.blogspot.de/2011/05/martin-munkacsi.html

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12/6/58-Tokyo, Japan: Crown Prince Akihito (r) and his bride-to-be Michiko Shoda, play tennis at the Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club. This is the first photo taken of the couple together playing tennis since the announcement of their engagement 11/27. http://michie-boom.blogspot.de/2011/02/crown-prince-akihito-and-bride-to-be.html