Photograph of Althea Gibson holding a Wimbledon trophy plate

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Object Details

Date: 1957-1958

Created by: Michael Cole Camerawork, British, founded 1945
Subject of: Althea Gibson, American, 1927 - 2003; Unidentified Man or Men

Description: In this black-and-white photograph, Althea Gibson holds a Wimbledon trophy plate in her left hand and a bouquet of flowers in her right. An unidentified man taking a photograph and another unidentified person can be seen to the right of the photograph. The back of the photograph has the photographer's stamp.

Place captured: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Topic: African American; Athletes; Photography; Sports; Tennis

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.27.1.1

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in. (21 x 29.7 cm)

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b8586e20-815b-40c8-84ca-ad6fed8ac082

Record ID: nmaahc_2009.27.1.1