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Table tennis paddle

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

The earliest players of table tennis used "drum" paddles made of wooden frames covered with parchment. Later paddles appeared in laminated wood, and in 1901, a British manufacturer applied a stippled or pimpled rubber to the paddle which increased the speed and spin of the ball and, of course, made the game faster.

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  • Title: Table tennis paddle
  • Subject Keywords: table tennis, Ping-Pong
  • Type: More Games, More Play Stuff
  • Medium: wood, paper
  • Object ID: 112.5287
  • Credit Line: Gift of Marty and Rosanne Salata
The Strong National Museum of Play

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