Althea Gibson Showing Racquet to Kids

(Original Caption) 7/1/1973-New York, NY- Tennis great Althea Gibson shows the first tennis racket she ever used on the streets of Harlem, where she was brought up, to Tiny Huston, 9, and her sister Monica, 1. Althea kicked off the Pepsi-Cola Mobile Tennis Program, which will bring the sport to 20,000 inner city youngsters this summer, in cooperation with City Parks Administration's Department of Recreation. Althea received the racket in 1942, and it was 10 years old then.