Tennis Racquet, used by Althea Gibson
date: label: date made
content: 1950 - 1959
name: label: user
content: Gibson, Althea
label: maker
content: Lee, Harry C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Althea Gibson (1927-2003) used this racquet when winning the woman's singles title at Wimbeldon in 1958. Gibson was the first African-American to play in, and win, Wimbledon. She hoisted the prestigous event's silver trophy twice (1957 and 1958.) She was also the first black woman to play in the U.S. Tennis Championships (1950) to win the U.S. Open, and to complete a Grand-Slam.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Gibson also broke the color barrier in professional golf when she joined the LPGA in 1964.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: web subject
content: Sports
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
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Althea Gibson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0260.06
label: accession number
content: 1988.0260
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0260.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: racquet, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: varnish; leather; paint; synthetic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 11 in x 2 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 27.94 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 69.215 cm x 23.1775 cm x 3.81 cm