Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Parkside Tennis Club scrapbook
- Dates:
- 1935-1940
- Creators:
- Parkside Tennis Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 box
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Parkside Tennis Club scrapbook. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
Background
- Scope and content:
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Scrapbook contains news clippings and black-and-white photographs, with little manuscript material. Many photographs include hand-lettered captions. Earliest dated articles are from 1935; the new Parkside-McCoppin Square dedication of August 25, 1935 included tennis tournaments. Latest clippings are dated 1940. Many clippings are taken from the San Francisco Examiner, though San Francisco Chronicle sports columns (in green newsprint) are numerous, and other publications were clipped. Some material has been removed, and some clippings never pasted in.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Parkside Tennis Club (PTC) may have formed sometime around August 1935, when new McCoppin Square courts opened at the northwest corner of Taraval St. and 22nd Avenue. The Club included men and women; Club officers were elected. The first PTC annual open singles tournament was held August 30, 1936, with 70 men and 30 women entered. The Club participated in the Northern California Tennis Association's interclub tournaments. While the focus was sponsoring matches for local players, the Club held social and entertainment activities for members, including members who didn't play. Benefit parties were held at the Parkside Theater, and dances held at the Taraval Temple, or at clubrooms at 2366 Nineteenth Avenue.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated in December 2016.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1935-1940
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
- Preferred citation:
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Parkside Tennis Club scrapbook. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567