Photo Tennis Pancho Gonzales Forest Hills NY

Photograph of A fighting Pancho Gonzales Backhands a shot to opponent tony Roche of australia during their match in the U.S. Open Tennis Championship at forest Hills, N.Y. Sept. 4. 40 year old Mexican-american From Los Angeles fought off an opponent 18 years younger to win the Open. This photo was printed from a copy negative. A mint condition, 8X10 black and white photograph found in the archives of a private collection. Over the past 35 years this private collection was assembled from copy negatives or original negatives obtained from many state historical societies, National Archives, Library Of Congress, and various private sources. Each photographic print is hand printed from a negative.