Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of unidentified tennis player at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club
ca. 1945
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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 an unidentified man playing tennis at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The man is featured playing on a court. His proper right hand is holding a racquet and he is reaching to hit a tennis ball that is in the air above his head. A fence surrounding the court is behind him and buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an inscription describing the photograph's subject.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2015.205.20
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