lawntennis

This appears to be the the first rounds of the singles Davis Cup Tennis Championship Competitions, held at Double Bay in Sydney. Shown above are Anthony Wilding (Australia) playing Melville Long (America). Mr. Wilding won the match. —Barrier Miner

the surrounding areas of Double Bay has changed a lot in the last 106years

I've no idea where it is, but is that a game of tennis in progress?

John Spooner It is indeed, John.

Is it the back of the Rotunda?

MKSeery And we have a winner in exactly 1 hour! Well done, Michael, and I'll replace this crop with the full image...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Thanks, great perspective. Bell tower was a good hint!

Looks like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adee NYT of January 11, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E10FC3B5B1773... reports that he was nominated as President of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association. NYT of February 12, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20915FF345C1373... indicates that he was president by then.

Thanks for your research swanq. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

The Sunday Oregonian, February 18, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 67 printed a cropped version of this photo with the caption: "G. T. Adee, president of the National Lawn Tennis Association, faces a split In that organization. The Western players are talking of forming a Western Association. The leaders of the Western revolt say the control of tennis in the East must be broken or a new organization will be formed." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-02-18/ed-1/se...

B-59: That presumably accounts for the 1/31/17 scribbled on the negative. Someone at Bain looked out the photo at that time.

Thansk B-59, we'll update the date range.

What? No short skirts, no popping the spare tennis balls up the legs of their drawers and only two rackets🤔 That can't be tennis.

Swordscookie You cannot be serious!

"Simonne Mathieu[a] (French pronunciation: [simɔn matjø] née Passemard;)[1] (31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, who was active in the 1930s. She won the French Championships singles title in 1938 and 1939.

During World War II, she created and led the Corps of French Volunteers in the Free French Forces, the first female unit in the military history of France.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonne_Mathieu

Suck Diesel Very successful player, I wonder are all the others in the album as famous?

Madame Mathieu playing in 1929 - youtu.be/GlZee-dj7Qs?si=oUTaw8Wamp2klqEj