Loving Cup Trophy won by Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton at Wimbledon, 1956
date: label: Date made
content: 1956
name: label: user
content: Gibson, Althea
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Silver loving cup trophy with lid awarded to Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton for winning the Ladies Doubles Championship at the England Lawn Tennis Club, Duchess of Kent, Challenge Cup, Wimbledon, 1956. Gibson was the first African-American to play in, and win, Wimbledon. She hoisted the prestigous event's silver trophy twice, in 1957 and 1958. She was also the first Black woman to play in the U.S. Tennis Championships (1950), win the U.S. Open, and complete a Grand-Slam. Gibson also broke the color barrier in professional golf when she joined the LPGA in 1964.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Althea Gibson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0260.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0260
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0260.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 in; 20.955 cm x 13.335 cm x 7.62 cm