Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in gray paint; vertical along right edge printed in image: [illegible] (AP) Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Virginia, the new men's / Singles Champion, holds the trophy aloft, after defeating former title holder, / Jimmy Connors of Belleville, Illinois, 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in the All-England Lawn / Tennis Championships here this afternoon. / (AP Wirephoto) (rjp 5/7/75 lon/stf) (333); bottom center printing notes in graphite; on verso, top left printed in black ink: ASHE, ARTHUR (TENNIS); top center: (WINS WIMBLETON [sic]); by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in black ink on applied label: AF217; upper right Historic Images barcode sticker; upper center stamped in black ink: JUL 6 1975; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: --AP Photo / TRIUMPHANT ARTHUR ASHE AT WIMBLEDON / He Had Just Beaten Jimmy Conners at Wimbledon; lower center illegible printing notes in graphite