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Photograph of unidentified women 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 woman. The woman is standing on a tennis court, wearing a short-sleeve dress with buttons down the front. She is holding a racquet in both hands. Her proper left hand has a ring on it. There is another unidentified woman standing behind her who is also wearing a short-sleeve dress. An unidentified man is visible in the background behind the women. There is a large metal fence in that background of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a notation written in hand.

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Catalog reference: 2015.205.6

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