Membership card for the Lawn Tennis Club of the United States for Althea Gibson: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Membership card for the International Lawn Tennis Club of the United States of America [The International/Lawn Tennis Club/of the United States of America/Active Member/Althea Gibson Darben]. Bordered in pink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980
• Created by: International Lawn Tennis Club of the United States, American, founded 1931
• Owned by: Althea Gibson, American, 1927 - 2003
• Type: membership cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (6.5 × 9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Tennis
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2014.205.19.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donald Felder and family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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