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A spring day on the Bronx River Parkway in 1926

A spring day on the Bronx River Parkway in 1926

Herbert Pease, Wallace Chandler, Sumner Kilmarx, and Clifford Couch in the semifinals of the 1935 Men’s Doubles Nationals

Herbert Pease, Wallace Chandler, Sumner Kilmarx, and Clifford ...

An invitation to the Manursing Island Club’s Men’s Doubles Tournament, December 1938. This event was won by Sidney Wood and Don White.

An invitation to the Manursing Island Club’s Men’s Doubles...

Raccoon was the coat of choice in the early days of the game. Bill Cooper and Jim Gordon winners of 1959 Men's (on left with bowl) and Dick Hebard and Jim Carlisle runners-up.

Raccoon was the coat of choice in the early days of the game. ...

FMTC Men's Tennis Doubles Championships 1960. Zan Carver and Fred Walker vs. Pardoe and Hebard

FMTC Men's Tennis Doubles Championships 1960. Zan Carver and F...

1965 Men's Nationals - From left: Winners - Holmes & O'Hearn, Finalists - Squires, Winpenny, Walter Close

1965 Men's Nationals - From left: Winners - Holmes & O'Hearn, ...

Evergreen screening by Walter Close

Evergreen screening by Walter Close

George Harrison and William Pardoe at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY

George Harrison and William Pardoe at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, ...

1975 Nationals at Fox Meadow Tennis Club. John Mangan at net and Bob Kingsbury returning an overhead

1975 Nationals at Fox Meadow Tennis Club. John Mangan at net a...

The FMTC Tournament Committee for the 1978 Men's Nationals and paddles Golden Anniversary. Standing: Jim Naughton, Thornton Gerrish, Jim Morison, Phil Thorp, Hugh King, Paul Doyle, Fred Molloy, Rod Zilenziger, Bette and Hank Otto. Seated: Gil Erskine, Gay Morison, John Keane, Joan Doyle, Roxanne Zilenziger, Bibs Reville, Dotsie Erskine, Ginny Naughton.

The FMTC Tournament Committee for the 1978 Men's Nationals and...

Gloria Dillenbeck Dodd and New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne playing in N.J. State Mixed Championships at Monclair Golf Club in 1979.jpg

Gloria Dillenbeck Dodd and New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne ...

A typical Jambles jumble. Leslie Stewart and Judy Durning compare notes.

A typical Jambles jumble. Leslie Stewart and Judy Durning comp...

Flip Goodspeed (in front) and Scott Mansager in the 2007 Nationals at the New York Athletic Club in Pelham Manor, NY

Flip Goodspeed (in front) and Scott Mansager in the 2007 Natio...

Susie Keene at the 2009 Nationals in Cincinnati

Susie Keene at the 2009 Nationals in Cincinnati

As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several tournaments were held indoors in Connecticut in the early 1980s, including the Nationals in 1983

As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several ...

Illustrious names in the game's development. Left to right: Brent, Cogswell, Hynson and O'Hearn

Illustrious names in the game's development. Left to right: Br...