3 Dunlop Championship Tennis Balls endorsed by Vinnie Richards
date: label: date made
content: 1940s-1950s
notes: label: Description
content: Unopened can of tennis Dunlop brand tennis balls. The can features an image of Vinnie Richards (1903-1959.)
label: Description
content: Vincent <i>Vinnie</i> Richards was an American tennis player active in the 1910s-1930s. As an amateur he won gold medals in singles and doubles at the 1924 Paris Olympics. After turning professional in 1926, Richards was twice ranked number one (1927,1930,) and won four singles titles at the US Professional Tennis Championships. After retirement, Richards became Vice President of Dunlop's sporting goods division. In 1959, he was elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Jefferson Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0022.09
label: accession number
content: 1981.0022
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0022.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balls, Tennis
label: Object Name
content: balls, tennis
label: Object Name
content: can of tennis balls
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 3 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 8.89 cm