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Photograph of Gloria King at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A black and white photograph of Gloria King. King is featured on a tennis court, mid-serve, tossing a ball in the air. There are other players on courts in the background, as well as a club house where people can be seen sitting and standing through windows. The courts are surrounded by a high fence with wood planks adhered its base. Buildings and a church can be seen on the surrounding streets. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an inscription identifying the photograph's subject.

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Catalog reference: 2015.205.16

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