Guide to the Philip Howard Photographs of the Racquet and Tennis Club2018 PR-374

Guide to the Philip Howard Photographs
of the Racquet and Tennis Club
2018
PR-374

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-3400

New-York Historical Society

Collection processed by Joseph Ditta

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on November 19, 2018
English using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Container List

Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 1 (of 1)	Volume : 1	Book \| Racquet and Tennis Club, 1918-2018 Scope and Contents Commemorative book issued for the centenary of the Racquet and Tennis Club's building at 370 Park Avenue, with an introduction by Samuel G. White and 41 color and black-and-white photographs by Philip Howard. The book is unpaginated, so, in the list below, the archivist has supplied bracketed numbers that correspond to each photograph-and-caption's position in the volume. [01] \| Clubhouse, built 1918 [02] \| Lobby with WWII Memorial Plaque [03] \| Stair to Second floor. Tennis Player (1897) sculpted by Fitzgerald Cornwall Peploe [04] \| East Lounge [05] \| East Lounge [06] \| Eagle, sculptor unknown [07] \| Loggia [08] \| Dining room, chandeliers from prior clubhouse [09] \| Library [10] \| Dressing room [11] \| East Court, Tennis [12] \| Passage to East Court [13] \| East Court toward Grille [14] \| East Court towards Pell Room [15] \| East Court Scorer's Box [16] \| East Court panorama [17] \| East Court panorama [18] \| East Court [19] \| Gallery, East Court [20] \| Tambour, West Court [21] \| Tambour, East Court [22] \| East Court from Pell Room [23] \| Racquets Court [24] \| Gallery, Racquets Court [25] \| Racquets Court from Gallery, World Champion James Stout on left [26] \| Squash Doubles Court [27] \| Squash Doubles Court from gallery [28] \| Squash Singles Court No. 3 [29] \| Pool [30] \| Dry Sauna [31] \| The Slab Room [32] \| Dressing Room [33] \| Dressing Room [34] \| Bar, mural by Edwin Austin Abbey [35] \| Billiards Room [36] \| Billiards Room [37] \| Billiards Room, Cue Rack [38] \| East Lounge at Christmas [39] \| Front Desk [40] \| Alley [41] \| Club Façade	2018
Box: 1 (of 1)	Volume : 2	Portfolio \| Archival prints Scope and Contents Twenty-seven 16 x 20-inch archival prints of Philip Howard's photographs from the book Racquet and Tennis Club, 1918-2018. None of the prints is identified; the captions in the list below are transcribed from the book. The numbers in brackets correspond to each photograph-and-caption's position in the published volume. [01] \| Clubhouse, built 1918 [02] \| Lobby with WWII Memorial Plaque [03] \| [no print] [04] \| [no print] [05] \| East Lounge [06] \| [no print] [07] \| [no print] [08] \| Dining room, chandeliers from prior clubhouse [09] \| Library [10] \| [no print] [11] \| East Court, Tennis [12] \| [no print] [13] \| East Court toward Grille [14] \| [no print] [15] \| [no print] [16] \| East Court panorama [17] \| [no print] [18] \| East Court [19] \| Gallery, East Court [20] \| Tambour, West Court [21] \| Tambour, East Court [22] \| [no print] [23] \| Racquets Court [24] \| Gallery, Racquets Court [25] \| Racquets Court from Gallery, World Champion James Stout on left [26] \| Squash Doubles Court [27] \| Squash Doubles Court from gallery [28] \| Squash Singles Court No. 3 [29] \| Pool [30] \| [no print] [31] \| [no print] [32] \| Dressing Room [33] \| Dressing Room [34] \| Bar, mural by Edwin Austin Abbey [35] \| [no print] [36] \| Billiards Room [37] \| Billiards Room, Cue Rack [38] \| East Lounge at Christmas [39] \| [no print] [40] \| Alley [41] \| Club Façade	2018

Container 1

Container 2

Title

Date

Box: 1 (of 1)

Volume : 1

Book | Racquet and Tennis Club, 1918-2018

Scope and Contents

Commemorative book issued for the centenary of the Racquet and Tennis Club's building at 370 Park Avenue, with an introduction by Samuel G. White and 41 color and black-and-white photographs by Philip Howard. The book is unpaginated, so, in the list below, the archivist has supplied bracketed numbers that correspond to each photograph-and-caption's position in the volume.

2018

Box: 1 (of 1)

Volume : 2

Portfolio | Archival prints

Scope and Contents

Twenty-seven 16 x 20-inch archival prints of Philip Howard's photographs from the book Racquet and Tennis Club, 1918-2018. None of the prints is identified; the captions in the list below are transcribed from the book. The numbers in brackets correspond to each photograph-and-caption's position in the published volume.

2018

Table of Contents

Container List

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents