Wimbledon Tennis Trophy, won by Althea Gibson
date: label: date made
content: 1958
name: label: user
content: Gibson, Althea
notes: label: Description
content: One silver plate, made by Birch and Gaydon, displayed on a wooden base, with a silver plaque awarded to Althea Gibson for winning the Ladies Singles championship at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, in 1958. The plate is a smaller replica of the Club's trophy, which they retain.
label: Description
content: Gibson was the first person of color to win a singles event at Wimbledon, hoisting the 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 later 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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1988.0260.05
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0260.05
label: accession number
content: 1988.0260
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm x 20.32 cm