Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Cosmopolitan Tennis Club, American
Date
ca. 1945
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 3 1/16 × 3 in. (7.8 × 7.6 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 3 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (8.9 × 8.7 cm)
Description
A black and white photograph of unidentified child and trophies. The photograph features a table decorated with a table cloth with several trophies of varying sizes on it. An unidentified child stands in front of the crowd holding a tennis ball. A crowd of unidentified people sit in folding chairs facing the trophy table. They are located on the tennis courts at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. A large fence with wood planks adhered to it surrounds the courts. Buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an inscription describing the photograph's subject.
Place depicted
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
black-and-white photographs
Topic
Communities
Photography
Sports
Tennis
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.205.17
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a7d0dbf4-e8c5-429a-8d35-3490254f1d50

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