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Title
This, lady, is a racquet
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated July 6, 1957 reads, "Tennis racquet, that is! Richard (Pancho) Gonzales, who will put on exhibition tennis matches and a professional tennis clinic, shows famous warbler Doris Day a pointer or two on the game which he will exhibit in the eighth annual net school for boys and girls under co-sponsorship of the Los Angeles City Recreation and Park Department and the Southern California Youth Tennis Foundation. The school opens Monday at Griffith Playground."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00051369
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d064_f2_i4
CARL0000055792
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41345
Subject
Day, Doris,--1922-
Gonzales, Pancho,--1928-1995
Motion picture actors and actresses
Singers
Tennis rackets
Pearls
Women
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1950-1959

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