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PHOTOGRAPH: W.A. TENNIS TEAM, STEPHEN, CAIRNS-HILL, WASLEY, STEPHEN, DAVEY , MCDERMOTT, ADELAIDE 1938

1938
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Overview

The black and white studio portrait shows six young men in white tennis uniform of long trousers and shirts with the blazer featuring a crest with a black swan. The back three men are standing and the front three seated on chairs. Five of the men are holding racquets.

The cream cardboard mount has 'W.A. Tennis Team, Adelaide 1938' printed above the photograph.

Beneath: The men's names are printed: Back: R.H. Stephen (Subiaco); N. Wasley (Mt. Lawley); A. Davey (Subiaco) Front: W. Cairns-Hill (Kings Park); W.F. Stephen (Capt.Manager, Subiaco); M. McDermott (Mt. Lawley). Note on donor: Mrs Hodsdon's maiden name was Caldow and she met her husband Walter Samuel Hodsdon at the Subiaco Lawn Tennis Club. Mrs Hodsdon's sister, Helen Mary Caldow, also met her husband William Collins at the Tennis Club. Helen was the State Ladies Champion in and 0 & 1957 (in the intervening years she had a baby).

Historical information

The black & white studio portrait shows six young men in white tennis uniform of long trousers & with the blazer featuring a crest with a black swan. The back three men are standing and the front three seated on chairs. Five of the men are holding racquets. The cream cardboard mount has 'W.A. Tennis Team, Adelaide 1938' printed above the photo, and beneath it the men's names are printed: Back: R.H. Stephen (Subiaco); N. Wasley (Mt. Lawley); A. Davey (Subiaco) Front: W. Cairns-Hill (Kings Park); W.F. Stephen (Capt.Manager, Subiaco); M. McDermott (Mt. Lawley). Note on donor: Mrs Hodsdon's maiden name was Caldow and she met her husband Walter Samuel Hodsdon at the Subiaco Lawn Tennis Club. Mrs Hodsdon's sister, Helen Mary Caldow, also met her husband William Collins at the Tennis Club. Helen was the State Ladies Champion in 1950 & 1957 (in the intervening years she ha

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-1996.114
Item type
Width
208 mm
Height or length
157 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Illustrations Ltd., Perth

Year
1938
Statement of significance

local, social and sporting history

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