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Photograph of unidentified tennis player at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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 man playing tennis at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The man is featured playing on a court. His proper right hand is holding a racquet and he is reaching to hit a tennis ball that is in the air above his head. A fence surrounding the court is behind him and buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an inscription describing the photograph's subject.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2015.205.20

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