Photograph by:

Cecil Layne, American  Search this

Subject of:

Althea Gibson, American, 1927 - 2003  Search this

Mal Anderson, Australian, born 1935  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 7 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (18.7 × 25 cm)

H x W (sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Date:

1957

Description:

Black-and-white photograph Althea Gibson of holding a trophy full of flowers, standing next to a man holding two different trophies. Black stamp on back reads "PHOTO BY / CECIL LAYNE." A stamp below that reads "ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS."

Topic:

African American  Search this

Athletes  Search this

Photography  Search this

Sports  Search this

Tennis  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donald Felder and family

Object number:

2014.205.13

Restrictions & Rights:

© Cecil Layne

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5be3e1e1a-ae5b-4eff-b088-f77a3fcb7f01

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.205.13