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Punishment and Popular Culture

From Jeu de Paume to Strawberries and Cream: A Brief History of Tennis and the Wimbledon Championships

October 30, 2019July 5, 2019 by Gale Review Team
"Hygienic Excess." Punch, 18 Oct. 1879, p. 174. Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992

│By Carolyn Beckford, Gale Product Trainer in the UK and Europe│

As we come to the end of the first week of Wimbledon, with the annual buzz and excitement very much in full-flow, we decided to use Gale Primary Sources to look back at the evolving history of tennis and the Wimbledon Championships.

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