Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph also used in article July 2, 1928.; Title supplied by cataloger. Maurice Evans McLoughlin (1890-1957) was the first male tennis champion from the western United States. Known as the "California Comet" for his powerful serve and overhand volley, he won the U.S. Championships singles twice, and the doubles three times with Thomas Bundy. In 1913 he became the first American to be a finalist in the singles at Wimbledon, and by 1914 was the World No. 1. He married Helen Mears in 1918 and they had three children. McLoughlin was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the Summer of 1957; sadly, he died that later that same year. Thomas Clark Bundy (1881-1945) was a tennis player who won three consecutive men's doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships alongside Maurice McLoughlin. He married U.S. National Championship and Wimbledon champion May Sutton in 1912, though they separated in 1923, and eventually divorced in 1940. A Santa Monica realty man and civic leader, Bundy is also associated with the growth and development of Los Angeles and surrounding communities. He was the developer and subdivider of the famed Miracle Mile on Wilshire Boulevard and sold a corner of La Brea and Wilshire for $400,000, or $380,000 more than he paid for. Additionally, he was a pioneer of Brentwood real estate; Bundy Drive is named after him. Pictured left to right are Maurice McLaughlin and Tom Bundy. McLaughlin pokes the strings on his tennis racket, while Bundy's racket has no strings. Photograph dated July 11, 1927.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 17 cm. on board 25 x 18 cm. Photographic prints
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