Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of unidentified women 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 woman. The woman is standing on a tennis court, wearing a short-sleeve dress with buttons down the front. She is holding a racquet in both hands. Her proper left hand has a ring on it. There is another unidentified woman standing behind her who is also wearing a short-sleeve dress. An unidentified man is visible in the background behind the women. There is a large metal fence in that background of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a notation written in hand.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2015.205.6
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