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← Sporting Memorabilia 12th May 2010

An archive relating to sports equipment manufacturing at Dunlop Sport and Slazenger, including some superb official photograph albums with scenes on t

Hammer Price:
£320
Estimated Price:

£350 - £500

An archive relating to sports equipment manufacturing at Dunlop Sport and Slazenger, including some superb official photograph albums with scenes on the production lines at Fort Dunlop manufacturing golf balls, tennis balls, footballs etc; plus files containing technical data regarding manufacturing processes, other official photo albums from Dunlop's Waltham Abbey tennis racket factory and also specs for rackets & frames; also stock blocks for Dunlop rackets, golf balls and other sporting goods; also two books inscribed ''Private Notes Re Lawn Tennis Balls, not to be removed from the private office'' and a later inscription reading ''This book has been kept by Archdale Palmer, Secretary of the All England Club and M.D. of Slazenger's in the early 1920s''; a souvenir album to commemorate the Queen's Award for Industry in 1971; a framed photograph of the Durban factory; and other miscellaneous items (a qty.)