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Butch Buchholz
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Johnny Walker
Steffi Graf
John Newcombe
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Lloyd Budge
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Shuzo Matsuoka
Fred Stolle
Guillermo Vilas
Harry Hopman
Ken McGregor
Henri Cochet
Ellsworth Vines
Robin Soderling
Lew Hoad
Takao Suzuki
Vinnie Richards
Multiple Endorsements
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Champion
Pennsylvania
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Trio Sporting Goods Mfg. Co.
Voit
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Tennis in Poland
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Articles
A Brief History Tennis Ball Containers
A quick guide to determining the age of tennis cans
What manufacturer made the first pressure packed can of tennis balls?
Young – Balles de Tennis
Examples of Can Design Change
Determining Scarcity of an Item
Last 100 Spalding Tennis Balls
Strange Can
The "Dunlop Boy"
Encore Display Rack
J. C. Higgins
The Avon India Rubber Company Limited
Spalding Red Tennis Balls
Spencer & Moulton
Encore Display Rack
Winchester Tennis Balls
Victory Tennis Balls
Determining Scarcity of an Item
The Reclosure Lid
A. W. Phillips
Pennsylvania, Penn, General Tire, ….
Dunlop, a multinational company
Nuneaton and Lawn Tennis Balls
Lid Examples
Can Type
Type 0 UK Blade Lid
Type 1 US Flat Top
Type 2 UK Solder Spot
Type 3 UK Flat Top
Type 4 UK Snap Cap
Type 5 US Domed Lid
Type 6 - Australian Flat Top Can
Type 7 Cardboard Tube
Type 8 Cardboard Metal Top
Type 9 Cardboard Metal Lid
Type 10 Tall Cardboard Lid
Type 11 Oversized Cap
Type 12 Twelve Ball Tin
Type 13 Six Ball Cardboard
Type 14 - US WWII Paper Bag
Type 15 - Chinese Can (early)
Type 16 - Chinese Flat Top Can
Type 17 - Czechoslovakian Metal Can
Type 18 - Pull-tab Metal Can
Type 19 - Pull-tab Cardboard Tube
Type 20 - Pull-tab Plastic Tube
Type 21 - Specialty Packaging
Type 22 - Boxes
Type 23 - Korean Flat Top Can
Blog
A Marvel of Manufacturing
1,000th Database Item
Made for Macy's
Book on Pirelli Tennis Balls
Dunlop and "Sort by Latest"
Book on Pirelli Tennis Balls
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Birthday Card
Czech Tennis Ball Manufacturers
Larry Whitaker – Fellow Collector
Museum at International Tennis Hall of Fame
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