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P7288

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ID Number: P7288
Item Name: Image
Title: Windsor's First Tennis Court / La première club de tennis de Windsor
Title (Fre): La première club de tennis de Windsor
Date: ca 1885
Description: Black and white photograph of several young people at the tennis court in the garden of William Scot; there are nine people sitting down and 25 people standing behind; some of the people are holding tennis racquets, several are wearing hats and two are holding umbrellas; a house is visible in the background and the tennis court that the people are standing on is surrounded in the background by a tall wooden fence; a small piece of the net is visible on the left side; some of the people in the photograph have been identified: (Seated l-r) G. Joseph Leggatt, magistrate; Bertie Walker, banker; Annesley Burroughs, journalist; Mr. Kittermaster; Mrs. George Black (Jennie Benjamin); Mrs. Charles Cogan (Ada Laing); Miss Elizabeth Scott; Col. F.H. Laing. (Standing l-r) Mrs. Wilkinson; Unidentified; Miss Minnie Benson; Mrs James Johnson (Amy Dougall); Charles Cogan; Mr. Hastings, banker; Mrs. Bramley (Bennie Barillier); Mrs. Gale (Madeline Hayward); Unidentified; Unidentified; Mrs. J.E. D'Avignon (Nellie Revell); Mrs. Percy Ives (Eliza Caron); Howard Fleming; Percy Ives, the artist; Unidentified; Miss Bertie Leggatt; Miss Lena Leggatt; Mrs. Hugh Cousins (Florence Laing); Unidentified; Miss Annie Scott; Unidentified; A.R. Bartlet, barrister; the names have been written above each person, however, the words are badly faded.
History: This photograph was taken in the 1880s on William Scott's tennis court in his garden at the corner of Windsor Avenue and City Hall Park, where Webster Motors later stood. At that time the main pleasure for the younger crowd, in the summer, was a game of tennis on the Scott's tennis court. In the winter their greatest enjoyment was tobogganing on the John Davis toboggan slide at their home, which was later the Bellvue Hotel on the corner of Sandwich and Moy. This photo represents many of Windsor's oldest families.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor