Image: Althea-Gibson-Queen-Elizabeth-Wimbledon-1957

Description: Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II presenting Althea Gibson with the Venus Rosewater Trophy at the 1957 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championships. Gibson defeated Darlene Hard (left), her doubles partner; Hard and Gibson were the 1957 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Champions. Caption reads as follows: ROYAL HAND FOR CHAMPION—Smiling Queen Elizabeth II presents the championship trophy—a large gold plate—to Althea Gibson of New York (center), who won the women's singles tennis title Saturday at Wimbledon, England. Looking on at left is Darlene Hard of Montebello, Calif., defeated by Miss Gibson in the title match.
Title: Althea-Gibson-Queen-Elizabeth-Wimbledon-1957
Credit: The Detroit News A cropped version of the photograph also appeared on page one of The New York Times on July 7, 1957
Author: Associated Press
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