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Photograph of Althea Gibson with the US Nationals trophy and Mal Anderson

1957

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Black-and-white photograph Althea Gibson of holding a trophy full of flowers, standing next to a man holding two different trophies. Black stamp on back reads "PHOTO BY / CECIL LAYNE." A stamp below that reads "ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS."

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Catalog reference: 2014.205.13

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