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Althea Gibson at NMAH

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Greene, Donna Kennedy, Roger G National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

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Historic Images of the SmithsonianFeatured in TORCH, June 1988Althea Gibson, the first African American to win major tennis titles in women's singles and doubles competition, at the donation of five of her Wimbeldon trophies, as well as other memorabilia, to the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Photo shows NMAH director Roger Kennedy admiring two of the trophies that Gibson is holding.Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder June 1988Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Color: Black And White; Size: 10w X 8h; Type Of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic Print
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