Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Althea Gibson with Angela Buxton
June 1958
London, England, Europe
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
In this black-and-white photograph, Althea Gibson stands on a chair, tennis racket in hand, modeling tennis clothes designed by Angela Buxton. Buxton stands next to Gibson, touching the blouse Gibson wears. Three other unidentified women look on.
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Catalog reference: 2009.27.1.7
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