Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Desmond Margetson and Reginald Weir at Cosmopolitan Tennis Club
ca. 1948
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 three tennis players holding trophies. From left to right, unidentified man, Desmond Margetson, and Reginald Weir. The unidentified man is holding two trophies. Margetson, in the middle is holding his trophy and his racquet. Weir is holding his trophy with both hands in front of his body. The men are all at center court and the net has been lowered to the ground. There are brick buildings and a metal fence visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an inscription identifying the photograph's subject.
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Catalog reference: 2015.205.15
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