- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
- Owned by
- Gibson, Althea, American, 1927 - 2003
- Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- wood, rubber, synthetic fiber
- Dimensions
- 27 × 9 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (68.6 × 23.2 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A wooden Wilson brand tennis racket with cover used by Althea Gibson. The tennis racket is red and white with a black rubber tape at handle. Painted type near head of racket appears on both sides of the racket and reads “PROFESSIONAL MODEL / APOLLO. Black type on top of racket's head reads “7 PLY.” The racket has white synthetic strings.
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, united States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donald Felder and family
- Object number
- 2014.205.2.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.