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A 1936 exhibition match held at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange to promote paddle tennis in New Jersey

A 1936 exhibition match held at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in...

Charlie O'Hearn Takes One Off the Backstop

Charlie O'Hearn Takes One Off the Backstop

Complete Gates Court Loaded for Delivery - from Gates Paddle Tennis Court Brochure. Gates was the premier builder of courts

Complete Gates Court Loaded for Delivery - from Gates Paddle T...

1959 Women's Nationals - Barbara Koegel and Ruth Walker, Finalists. Louise Raymond - umpire. Ruth Walker was Blanchard's daughter who was married to Fred Walker (HOF 1966)

1959 Women's Nationals - Barbara Koegel and Ruth Walker, Final...

Tennis Gallery in 1964

Tennis Gallery in 1964

Original clubhouse built in 1927 prior to construction of new wing

Original clubhouse built in 1927 prior to construction of new ...

Shirley Babington (left) and Marti Cavanaugh from Tenafly, New Jersey, won the Women’s Nationals in 1974. The sister team was runner-up in 1973, 1975, and 1977.

Shirley Babington (left) and Marti Cavanaugh from Tenafly, New...

The final of the PRO- Keds Classic outside the Burlington House in Manhattan. Herb Fitz Gibbon and Hank Irvine (foreground), Chum Steele and Keith Jennings. The match was won by Fitz Gibbon & Irvine.

The final of the PRO- Keds Classic outside the Burlington Hous...

Linda Wolf is a TV Super Star

Linda Wolf is a TV Super Star

At the FMTC Centennial Celebration FMTC President Charlie Evans presents awards to all-time winners Madge Beck and Dick Hebard. Molly Ware and Do Deland received awards for the fathers, Blanchard and Cogswell.

At the FMTC Centennial Celebration FMTC President Charlie Evan...

1995 Mixed National Champions David Ohlmuller and Patty Hogan

1995 Mixed National Champions David Ohlmuller and Patty Hogan

Spectators brave the snow at the 2008 Nationals in Rochester

Spectators brave the snow at the 2008 Nationals in Rochester

A 1993–94 APTA Board of Directors meeting at the Montclair Golf Club Paddle Hut.

A 1993–94 APTA Board of Directors meeting at the Montclair G...

Women’s tea at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY in the 1950s, including, in front row, Buffy Briggs (holding tea), Elise Clairborne, Pam McCrae, and Evie Carlisle

Women’s tea at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY in the...

Michael Cochrane in a singles tournament

Michael Cochrane in a singles tournament

Inaugural Men's 145+ Senior Nationals in 2001 at Fox Meadow. Winners and Finalist with Tournament chairs

Inaugural Men's 145+ Senior Nationals in 2001 at Fox Meadow. W...