Tennis Paddle used in the Sport of Paddle Tennis
name: label: maker
content: Paddle Tennis Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Tennis paddle is laminated wood with a metal rim and a plastic and rubber grip. There are holes drilled into the wood in a grid pattern. Paddle tennis is similar to the sport of tennis as it is played on the same size court but the net is lower and the paddles are solid or have holes drilled into them. Paddle tennis originated in 1915 in New York City as a recreational sport for city children and by 1941 it was being played in over 500 American cities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: paddle 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: 1981.0022.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0022.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paddle
label: Object Name
content: tennis paddle
label: Object Name
content: paddle, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 8 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 20.955 cm