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Description: | This aerial view of the All England Lawn Tennis Club courts at Wimbledon shows play apparently in progress on the Centre Court and some of the outside courts.
The Lawn Tennis Championships have been held here at the club's ground in Church Road since 1922. Commonly known as Wimbledon, the tournament started in 1877 and has developed into one of the major international tennis championships.
In 1928, the year this photo was taken, René Lacoste won the Men's Singles Championship for the second time.
The club is surrounded by the open land of Wimbledon Park, which was bought by the local council from a private landlord shortly before the First World War. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Copyright unknown - London Transport Museum collection | Subjects: | Leisure Sport | Temporal: | 1928 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Surrey Flying Services | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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