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for-valour · 10 months

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(Part 2!)

For the final day of Wimbledon, here is a little gifset of Bertie with his friend (and later equerry), Louis Greig as they played that ill-fated doubles match against the older and more experienced pairing of Herbert Roper Barret and Arthur Gore.

I also wanted to share two other lesser-known tournaments involving our dear Prince Bertie!

First: In 1922, four years before his appearance at Wimbledon, Bertie partnered in a mixed doubles game with Miss Peggy Ingram at a tennis party in Lady Crosfield’s home in Highgate. Here are two gifs from that day.

(I love the first gif, with Bertie swinging his racquet around like a petulant teenager. Guess they must have lost that day 😆)

And second: A year after Wimbledon, in 1927, Bertie undertook a tour of the British Empire, including a visit to Jamaica where he partnered with talented Jamaican sportsman Bertrand Milbourne Clark (below) in another game of doubles. Mr. Milbourne Clark was the All-Jamaica Tennis Champion for seven consecutive years - so I really hope they won this match!

This pairing was considered incredibly unusual at the time, and so was seen as a positive and progressive display of racial equality between both men, and friendship between both nations ☺️

gifs made by @for-valour

Sources: YouTube, Pathé, Reuters, Wikimedia Commons.

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yesterdaysprint · 1 year

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Judge magazine, May 14, 1927

#1920s #roaring 20s #tennis #vintage #jazz age #comics #history

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semioticapocalypse · 1 month

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Alfred Eisenstaedt. Fall, Shadows Grow Longer. Czechoslovakia. 1927

I Am Collective Memories • Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

#BW #Black and White #Preto e Branco #Noir et Blanc #黒と白 #Schwarzweiß #retro #vintage #Alfred Eisenstaedt #Shadows #Czechoslovakia #1927 #1920s #20s #sports #tennis

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lisamarie-vee · 8 months

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#vintage magazine #life magazine #1920s #tennis #illustration #c.f. peters

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vintagepromotions · 8 months

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'Health! is Priceless - It pays to Keep Fit'

Inspirational poster on keeping fit (1928).

#vintage poster #1920s #bill jones #health #tennis #sports #fitness #exercise #british

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newyorkthegoldenage · 1 year

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Shirley Booth, aged 26, and Humphrey Bogart, aged 25, in Hell's Bells by Barry Conners. It opened on January 26, 1925 at Wallack's Theater and closed in May after 125 performances.

In one scene, Bogart appeared on stage carrying a racket and, as he glanced around at the other male performers, inquired, "Tennis, anyone?" It was the first time the line had been delivered onstage.

Photos: Wikipedia

#vintage New York #1920s #vintage Broadway #Shirley Booth #Humphrey Bogart #Hell's Bells #Barry Conners #theater #January 26 #Jan. 26 #tennis anyone #vintage theater

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friendlessghoul · 10 days

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Hollywood Stages A Real Lawn Tennis Tournament

-The Bystander, December 2, 1931

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yotsubaclover · 10 months

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vintage natsumugays

#enstars #femstars #tsumugi aoba #natsume sakasaki #ensemble stars #natsume is just embodying my aus (tennis x 1920s lesbians)#tsumugi is . well i actually have no idea who katy keene is supposed to be #but she had a cute blue magician outfit and she is like a style icon to me #so tsumugi is katy. from the 40s/50s i think!#will i ever finish anything i draw? probably not but at least im drawing again #i am still not free from finals...#raccoon trash emporium: art

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kafkasapartment · 11 months

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Suzanne Lenglen, Cannes, 1921. Jacques-Henri Lartigue, 1894–1986. Silver gelatin print. Suzanne Lenglen was a French tennis player who is considered one of the greatest players of all time. She won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, including six French Open titles and five Wimbledon titles. She was also a pioneer in women's tennis, helping to popularize the sport and break down barriers for female athletes.

#Black and White #vintage #photography #Sports #history #histoire #historia #1920s #athlete #pioneers #jacques henri lartigue #suzanne lenglen #tennis #humor

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notxtwhiledrive · 10 months

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Opening volley Stopped posting for a while cuz of anxiety. felt good again to post some art. There's this image I always love from the lackadaisy gallery "Book sketches" a big collage of sketches of the characters arranged in a grid of sorts. I had an idea to draw something like that, and laser etch that in leather I use on Leatherbound sketchbooks I do as a hobby. I'm not remotely as fast or good as Tracy in drawing. So it gonna be awhile. This is the opening volley of sorts.

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danskjavlarna · 3 months

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For sporty spectators: a collection of vintage tennis imagery.

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for-valour · 10 months

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(Part 1!) Now Wimbledon has begun, I wanted to share some of my favourite photos of Bertie playing tennis!

When he was still The Duke of York, he participated in a doubles match at Wimbledon with his mentor & friend, Louis Greig (above). Bertie was extremely anxious and asked to play on one of the outer courts, as opposed to Centre Court, to keep attention away from him. A compromise was eventually made for Court 2, where there was still a considerable crowd.

One spectator recalled that, ‘The Duke of York was very nervous and couldn’t play at all, at times lashing at the ball with his racquet…”

The Prince and Louis Greig lost the match in straight sets: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 to Herbert Roper Barret and Arthur Gore - both considerably older and more experienced than the then 30-year-old Bertie! Some exasperated people in the crowd even yelled out that he should try playing with ‘the other hand’ (i.e. his right hand, as Bertie played tennis left handed). It is likely that his anxieties and quick temper —usually aimed at himself!— affected his game that day.

In reality, Bertie was, in fact, an extremely talented tennis player!

He had previously won the RAF doubles competition in 1920 (pictured above!) and when at White Lodge, he loved playing tennis with Elizabeth in the mornings, before breakfast.

The ladies’ Wimbledon champion, Suzanne Lenglen, watched Bertie’s match on Court 2 that day and said that, ‘with plenty of practice’ he would have ‘the makings of a champion’. Nonetheless, the whole Wimbledon experience traumatised the sensitive Duke, and he never played a game in public again.

Sources: George VI, by Sarah Bradford; The King Maker, by Georgie Greig. Photo credits: Getty, Alamy.

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P.S. Sorry I've been very absent from this page! I'm so, so busy with work :( But I promise to catch up on all your questions, and I have a ton of Bertie to share when I get more time!