Research Catalog

Title

Althea Gibson portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1941?-1984?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Layne, Cecil.
• Benners, Aubrey S.
• Campbell, James C.
• Moore, Chuck.
• Clemons, Curt.
• Cottrol, Robert W.
• World Wide Photos.
• Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• Photokraft.
• M. Associates (New York, N.Y.)
• Bing Studio (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
• Torch Photo Studio (Barbados)

Description

• <10> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
• <26> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <1> photoprint : col. ;
• <1> photomechanical print : b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of tennis player and golfer Althea Gibson. Collection includes views of Gibson playing tennis at Wimbledon, receiving various awards, attending a variety of social functions, with Ward Baking Co. executives and their advertisement featuring Gibson, playing golf, being interviewed by Randy White of WLIB and at WLIB, and teaching a children's tennis class. Some of the individuals Gibson is photographed with are: Ethel Kennedy, Edna Mae Robinson, Dorothea Toles, Floyd Patterson, Jackie Robinson, Grant Reynolds, Samuel Battle, Edith Sampson, Ora Washington and Alice Marble. Full, half and quarter length views are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Toles, Dorothea
• African American women athletes
• Reynolds, Grant
• Marble, Alice
• Sports > 1940-1989
• Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
• Wimbledon Championships
• Advertising > Food > United States
• Women golfers > United States
• Battle, Samuel J
• Sampson, Edith
• Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
• Portrait photographs > 1940-1989
• WIIB (Radio Station : New York, N.Y.)
• Tennis > Coaching
• Group portraits > 1940-1989
• Women tennis players > United States
• Washington, Ora
• Rewards & prizes
• Kennedy, Ethel, 1928-
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1989
• Patterson, Floyd
• Robinson, Edna Mae

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1940-1989.
• Portrait photographs – 1940-1989.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Cecil Layne, Aubrey S. Benners, James C. Campbell and others.
• Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some photographs have written descriptive information; some are cropped; some have airbrush marks and other markings.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Gibson, Althea

OCLC

NYPG085000634-F

Title

Althea Gibson portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1941?-1984?>

Terms Of Use

Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Benners, Aubrey S. Photographer

Campbell, James C. Photographer

Moore, Chuck. Photographer

Clemons, Curt. Photographer

Cottrol, Robert W. Photographer

World Wide Photos.

Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Photokraft.

M. Associates (New York, N.Y.)

Bing Studio (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

Torch Photo Studio (Barbados)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Gibson, Althea