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Arthur Ashe portrait collection

Title: Arthur Ashe portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1966-1979?.>

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Ashe, Arthur	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<5> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<1> photoprints : col. ;

Summary

Portraits of tennis player and author Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., consisting of views of him during matches in 1973 and 1975; one, quarter-length portrait on the cover of Sports Illustrated, August 29, 1966; a view of his wife, Jeanne Ashe, at podium; and in group portraits with Charlie Kapp, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe and Althea Gibson; with two unidentified men during a check presentation; and with a group of young tennis players, possibly for a United Negro College Fund event. Ashe is depicted in a group portrait with Athea Gibson, Zina Garrison, and Sydney Llewellyn, coach, at Wimbeldon (1984).

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1960-1979.
Group portraits – 1960-1979.
Photoprints – 1960-1979.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1960-1979.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Christopher Morrow, George Sullivan, Wide World Photos and others.
Some photographs bear captions.
One of the images can be found in Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion by Arthur Ashe with Frank Deford.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Colection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Ashe, Arthur

OCLC

NYPG085000188-F

Title

Arthur Ashe portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1966-1979?.>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Colection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Morrow, Christopher W. Photographer

Sullivan, George, 1933-2017. Photographer

Wide World Photos.

United Press International.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Ashe, Arthur

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