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Title: Tennis Players
Description: Postcard of tennis players.
Date: 1906
Object Type: Postcard

Title: He's a New Bill Tilden: Ellsworth Vines, Who Plays Here, Has All the Strokes
Description: Article about the "coming of the United States Davis Cup tennis team to Kansas City" in 1932 including American player Ellsworth Vines, compared to Bill Tilden and considered one of the best tennis players of all time.
Date: 1932-05-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Tennis out of the Ice Age
Description: Article about the incongruous beginnings of the World Championship tennis league in the city, with the first court set up on a sheet of ice inside the American Royal Arena.
Date: 1977-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Net Loss
Description: Article announces that the Kansas City Explorers professional tennis team will relocate to Irving, Texas. Details regarding the Explorers' history in Kansas City are provided. City officials are interviewed and discuss the team's decision.
Date: 2013-02-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Biography of Lamar Hunt (1932-2006), Businesman and Sports Entrepreneur
Date: 2009
Object Type: Biography

Title: Virginia Slims Gals to Make KC Stop
Description: Article about the professional women's Virginia Slims tennis tournament in town.
Date: 1978-02
Object Type: Magazine Article