Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Jean Stridiron at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club
ca. 1945
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 a woman identified as Jean S (Stridiron). The photograph features Jean standing on a tennis court, wearing shorts, a shirt, and a visor. Her proper left hand is at her hip and her proper right hand holds a tennis racquet. Wood planks adhered to a tall chain-link fence are behind her at the end of the court. Brick buildings are 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: 2015.205.21
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