New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection
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English: Title: May appear in Nationals New York: Althea Gibson (above) may be the first Negro ever to play in the National Tennis Tournament at the West Side Club in Forest Hills. Miss Gibson has been working out on the famed courts, which is generally tantamount to confirming an invitation to the Nationals.
Summary: Photograph shows Althea Gibson with a racquet and ball.
Photographs in this collection other than those identified by such stamps as "World-Telegram photo" or "World-Telegram photo by Ed Palumbo" might not be in the public domain. Works within the collection may be attributed to other news services that retain copyright, works of the U.S. government that are in the public domain in the US, or works with no attribution for which copyright cannot be determined.
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