Research Catalog
Althea Gibson collection
- Title
- Althea Gibson collection [graphic].
- Author
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
- Publication
- 1950-[196-?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 Althea Gibson Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- 15 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.
- 12 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- The Althea Gibson Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of her public life as a professional tennis player and sports figure, dating from 1950 to the 1960s.
- Subjects
- Brough, Louise
- Tennis players > United States
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920-1989
- African American athletes
- Gelatin silver prints > 1950-1969
- Portrait photographs > 1950-1969
- Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016
- Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
- African American women athletes
- Group portraits > 1950-1969
- Tennis > Tournaments
- African American women tennis players
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1950-1969.
- Group portraits – 1950-1969.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1950-1969.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Most photographs have either photographer's, photography studio's, or news agency's hand stamp on verso; one image bears photography studio blindstamp; one image has photographer's name printed on recto. Most photographs bear handwritten information on verso; two items bear either printed or typewritten information attached to verso.
- Collection contains work by Gordon Parks and Layne's Studio, among others.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Althea Gibson, professional tennis player, was born in Silver, South Carolina, in 1927.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Althea Gibson Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG99-F310
- Author
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
- Title
- Althea Gibson collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1950-[196-?]
- Terms Of Use
- Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Althea Gibson, professional tennis player, was born in Silver, South Carolina, in 1927. Raised in Harlem, she overcame an unstable childhood to become the first Black tennis player to win the sport's major titles. In 1950, she became the first Black to play major lawn tennis at the United States Lawn Tennis Association tournament at Forest Hills, New York, and, in 1951, the first Black to compete at the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. Gibson went on to become the first Black to win a series of titles including the women's singles title in the 1956 French Open; both the women's singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1957; and the United States national championship after winning the women's singles title at Forest Hills in 1957. In 1968 she was the first Black tennis player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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- Added Author
- Edmonds, D.J., photographer.McAvoy, Thomas D., photographer.Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.Williams, Charles, photographer.Adams Fotos (Miami, Fla.), photographer.Johnson Photo (Miami, Fla.), photographer.Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.), photographer.Le-Roye Productions (Beckenham, Kent, England), photographer.United Press Associations, photgrapher.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Althea Gibson Collection