Black and white press photograph of English tennis player Lorna Cornell during taken during the Beckenham Tournament, c.1950

Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Black and white
Date Used
Circa 1950
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Brief Description
Black and white photograph with a thin white border and caption. Image is of English tennis player Lorna Cornell wearing a white shirt and shorts. Cornell is leaping into the hair with her back to the camera and his holding a tennis racquet in her right hand outstretched in front of her. Trees can be seen in the background.

The caption at the base of the photograph reads, "ENGLISH TENNIS STAR LORNA CORNELL ATTIRED / IN THE LATEST NYLON SEERSUCKER SHORTS GOES / FOR A HIGH SHOT ON THE BACKHAND IN THE BECKEN- / HAM TOURNAMENT."
Museum
Australian Sports Museum
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 254 W: 206 D: 0.01mm (H: 10 W: 8 1/8")
Media/Materials
Paper
Date Used
Circa 1950
Location
In storage
Registration No
N2010.32.10
Credit Line
Kindly donated by Robert Dooley of Tweed Heads, NSW

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