Black and white press photograph of tennis player Dinny Pails, 1951.
Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Black and white
Date Used
17 Feb 1951
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Black and white photograph with a thin white border and caption. Image is of tennis player Dinny Pails wearing a white T-shirt and shorts. Pails is pictured crouched moving backwards with a racquet in his right hand, stretch across his body and raised up. There is a man visible standing behind Pails at the edge of the court, with a crowd of spectators behind the fence.
The caption at the base of the photograph reads, "AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL DINNY PAILS RETURNS / A BALL FROM DON BUDGE AT WHITE CITY YESTERDAY. / PAILS LOST TO BUDGE 12- 10,3-6,6-8.17/2/51."
The caption at the base of the photograph reads, "AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL DINNY PAILS RETURNS / A BALL FROM DON BUDGE AT WHITE CITY YESTERDAY. / PAILS LOST TO BUDGE 12- 10,3-6,6-8.17/2/51."
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Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 257 W: 203 D: 0.01mm (H: 10 1/8 W: 8")
Media/Materials
Date Used
17 Feb 1951
Place Used
Location
In storage
Registration No
N2010.32.17
Credit Line
Kindly donated by Robert Dooley of Tweed Heads, NSW
Subject Auto Tags
Photograph
Tennis player
Real tennis
Snapshot
Sports
Sports equipment
Standing
Tennis
Racquet sport
Ball game
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