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Photograph of Althea Gibson

Object Details

Description
In this black-and-white photograph, Althea Gibson poses on a stool with two tennis rackets. Both the rackets have dark colors printed with "Althea Gibson" in white letters.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Created by
Wallace Seawell, American, 1916 - 2007
Subject of
Althea Gibson, American, 1927 - 2003
Date
1959
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 8 1/16 in. (25.7 x 20.5 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
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