Photograph of Althea Gibson holding two tennis rackets
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Photograph by
content: Wallace Seawell, American, 1916 - 2007
label: Owned by
content: Althea Gibson, American, 1927 - 2003
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photographic portrait of Althea Gibson. She sits on a stool and holds two (2) tennis rackets in the their cases. The racket cases have her name in white [ALTHEA/GIBSON]. She wears all white and sits with her PL side facing the camera. She is seen smiling. In the lower right corner is the photographer credit in cursive text [Seawell].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Tennis
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donald Felder and family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.205.17
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.7 × 18.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 10 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.7 × 20.5 cm)