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Commemorative book issued for the centenary of the Racquet and Tennis Club's building at 370 Park Avenue, with an introduction by Samuel G. White and 41 color and black-and-white photographs by Philip Howard. The book is unpaginated, so, in the list below, the archivist has supplied bracketed numbers that correspond to each photograph-and-caption's position in the volume.

[01] | Clubhouse, built 1918
[02] | Lobby with WWII Memorial Plaque
[03] | Stair to Second floor. Tennis Player (1897) sculpted by Fitzgerald Cornwall Peploe
[04] | East Lounge
[05] | East Lounge
[06] | Eagle, sculptor unknown
[07] | Loggia
[08] | Dining room, chandeliers from prior clubhouse
[09] | Library
[10] | Dressing room
[11] | East Court, Tennis
[12] | Passage to East Court
[13] | East Court toward Grille
[14] | East Court towards Pell Room
[15] | East Court Scorer's Box
[16] | East Court panorama
[17] | East Court panorama
[18] | East Court
[19] | Gallery, East Court
[20] | Tambour, West Court
[21] | Tambour, East Court
[22] | East Court from Pell Room
[23] | Racquets Court
[24] | Gallery, Racquets Court
[25] | Racquets Court from Gallery, World Champion James Stout on left
[26] | Squash Doubles Court
[27] | Squash Doubles Court from gallery
[28] | Squash Singles Court No. 3
[29] | Pool
[30] | Dry Sauna
[31] | The Slab Room
[32] | Dressing Room
[33] | Dressing Room
[34] | Bar, mural by Edwin Austin Abbey
[35] | Billiards Room
[36] | Billiards Room
[37] | Billiards Room, Cue Rack
[38] | East Lounge at Christmas
[39] | Front Desk
[40] | Alley
[41] | Club Façade

Twenty-seven 16 x 20-inch archival prints of Philip Howard's photographs from the book Racquet and Tennis Club, 1918-2018. None of the prints is identified; the captions in the list below are transcribed from the book. The numbers in brackets correspond to each photograph-and-caption's position in the published volume.

[01] | Clubhouse, built 1918
[02] | Lobby with WWII Memorial Plaque
[03] | [no print]
[04] | [no print]
[05] | East Lounge
[06] | [no print]
[07] | [no print]
[08] | Dining room, chandeliers from prior clubhouse
[09] | Library
[10] | [no print]
[11] | East Court, Tennis
[12] | [no print]
[13] | East Court toward Grille
[14] | [no print]
[15] | [no print]
[16] | East Court panorama
[17] | [no print]
[18] | East Court
[19] | Gallery, East Court
[20] | Tambour, West Court
[21] | Tambour, East Court
[22] | [no print]
[23] | Racquets Court
[24] | Gallery, Racquets Court
[25] | Racquets Court from Gallery, World Champion James Stout on left
[26] | Squash Doubles Court
[27] | Squash Doubles Court from gallery
[28] | Squash Singles Court No. 3
[29] | Pool
[30] | [no print]
[31] | [no print]
[32] | Dressing Room
[33] | Dressing Room
[34] | Bar, mural by Edwin Austin Abbey
[35] | [no print]
[36] | Billiards Room
[37] | Billiards Room, Cue Rack
[38] | East Lounge at Christmas
[39] | [no print]
[40] | Alley
[41] | Club Façade