The Pacific Coast Collection
The Pacific Coast Collection, a series of photos more than 70 years old. These photos are from ATA member tennis clubs in Oakland, Pasadena and Los Angeles, California taken from 1938-1940. Not all of the individuals shown have been identified. If you can identify any of the individuals – or provide any other illumination, please note the number of the photo and offer whatever information that you have.
| Photo #1 James “Slick” Stocks. |
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| Photo #2 Players Tolbert and Edgar Foley. |
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| Photo #3 Player serving. This is what’s known as the “Trophy Stance”. |
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| Photo #4 This “Player ID Tag” was issued to Edgar Foley upon arrival at the Pennsylvania Championships in 1939. |
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| Photo #5 Female player striking a backhand. |
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| Photo #6 Leonard Fuller and Edgar Foley |
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| Photo #7 Hazel Shumate. |
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| Photo #8 Juliett Harris |
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| Photo #9 Leonard Fuller |
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| Photo #10 This group photo shows the Western Federation Delegation to the ATA National Championships at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio in 1940. |
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| Photo #11 Participants in the Ross Snyder Tennis Club tournament in 1938. |
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| Photo #12 Pacific Coast Tournament participants in 1940. |
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| Photo #13 This is a photo of the outside cover of the Pacific Coast Tournament Program in 1938. |
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| Photo #14 This is a photo of the inside cover of the Pacific Coast Tournament Program in 1938. |
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| Photo 15. L. Simmons |
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| Photo 16. Hall of Famer Flora Lomax |
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| Photo 17. Another photo of Flora Lomax |
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| Photo 18. Trophies from the Oakland tournament |
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| Photo 19. Paul Ford at Oakland |
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| Photo 20. Mrs. Paul Ford |
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| Photo 21. Rudyard Foley |
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| Photo 22. Two Doubles Teams |
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| Photo 23. A player in 1939 |
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| Photo 24. A player in Pasadena, 1940 |
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