Photograph of Althea Gibson with Louise Brough

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Photograph by: Layne, Cecil, American
Owned by: Gibson, Althea, American, 1927 - 2003

Date: ca. 1957

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (image): 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.1 cm); H x W (sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.7 cm)

Description: Black-and-white photograph of Althea Gibson next to Louise Brough. Black stamp on back reads "PHOTO BY / CECIL LAYNE." A stamp below that reads "ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS."

Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Type: gelatin silver prints

Topic: Athletes; Photography; Sports; Tennis; Women

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

Object number: 2014.205.10

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Photograph of Althea Gibson with Louise Brough