Love! Advantage! A "seductive influence!" It's 1902, and America is going crazy for the new British pastime called "ping-pong!" With articles on who was playing, how to play, and even the dangers of too much play, the newspapers of the day covered every aspect of this new-fangled fad. Read more about it!
The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
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Important Dates:
- 1901. The game of Ping-Pong spreads from England to the United States, becoming a "craze" for the next two years.
Suggested Search Terms:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as phrases using Search Pages in Chronicling America.]
ping pong, table tennis, craze, fad, daft.
- To narrow results search between 1901-1903.
- "Table Tennis,"
The New York Tribune (New York, NY),
December 23, 1900, Page 1, Image 29, col. 2.
- "Ping-Pong,"
The New York Tribune (New York, NY),
January 5, 1902, Page 2, Image 26, col. 4.
- "The All-Absorbing Fad,"
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX),
March 2, 1902, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
- "Ping-Pong,"
The St. Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN),
April 6, 1902, Page 23, Image 23, col. 1.
- "Ping-Pong is a Craze,"
The Suburban Citizen (Washington, DC),
May 3, 1902, Page 7, Image 7, col. 1.
- "Making a Ping-Pong Set at Home,"
The Sunday Washington Globe (Washington, DC),
May 11, 1902, Page 2, Image 2, col. 3.
- "Summer Delights of Ping-Pong,"
The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO),
May 18, 1902, Page 4, Image 46, col. 3.
- "Daft on Ping-Pong,"
The St. Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN),
May 25, 1902, Page 21, Image 21, col. 1.
- "The Ping-Pong Strain on the Eye Muscles,"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
July 1, 1902, Page 13, Image 13, col. 1.
- "Ping-Pong is the Warm-Weather Diversion for Young St. Louis Society Matrons,"
The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO),
July 13, 1902, Page 3, Image 39, col. 1.
- "Tennis Lessons for Beginners,"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
September 21, 1902, Page 11, Image 11, col. 1.
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