Pages
-
- Billie Jean Moffitt holding trophy, April 5, 1958
- Possibly a win at the 43rd Annual Dudley Cup Tennis Tournament at Lincoln Park in Santa Monica. Girls 15 and Under Singles, Billie Jean Moffitt defeated Carole Caldwell 6-4, 6-2., New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean Moffitt at home in Long Beach, CA, wearing dress, probably for her prom, May 1958
- New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King and four other young women tennis players, circa 1959
- New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King with Alice Marble and Carole Graebner, 1962
- Inscribed "For Billie Jean, my gratitude for a talented pupil and a special friend, fondly, Alice Marble, 1962". Alice Marble was an American tennis player who won eighteen Grand Slam tennis tournaments. When Billie Jean was younger, Alice Marble gave her tennis lessons and helped her with her game., New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean Moffitt serving at The West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, circa 1965
- Forest Hills, NY, was the home of the US Open Tennis Tournament until 1977 when it moved to Flushing Meadows, NY, its current home., New-York Historical Society
-
- Betty Jerman Moffitt and Bill Moffitt, circa 1967
- Billie Jean Moffitt's parents, Betty Jerman Moffitt and Bill Moffitt, stand in front of a large banner of Billie Jean Moffit, New-York Historical Society
-
- Display sign
- Plastic printed display sign with metal hook, “Welch’s / Sugar Daddy / Safety First.", Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Fed Cup
- Silver tennis trophy in the form of a bowl with twin cast foliate scroll handles; die-rolled scroll and shield foliate strapwork around rim; applied to pierced decorative scroll strapwork band and silver pedestal surmounted by applied flat silver band; with wooden base., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis outfit
- White knit lace tennis dress with pointed collar, cap sleeves, and flared skirt; with matching lace undergarment., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis dress
- White A-line dress with sewn-on blue appliqué flowers along collar, across back, and around skirt; 7 white round buttons down front., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Philadelphia Freedoms racket head cover
- Red, white, blue racket cover; white ground with blue Liberty Bell, “PHILADELPHIA” at top and “FREEDOMS” across body; red trim, lining, and loop at top; silver-colored metal zipper., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Philadelphia Freedoms tennis dress
- Sleeveless tennis dress; navy blue with white trim and four white liberty bells around skirt; eight plastic buttons down front, five blue, four white; applied red embroidered “PHILADELPHIA” patch above front central Liberty Bell, red embroidered “FREEDOMS” across it., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Inspection card (1 of 4)
- “BONDED INSPECTOR NO. 1 / SPILLER / BATAVIA, N.Y.", Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis shoes
- Blue and white tennis shoes; rubber sole, blue leather uppers, white metal grommets, and white fabric laces; three white stripes across body., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Essex Bowl
- Wrought silver tennis trophy in the form of a bowl with applied ring pedestal; medallion engraved on face with rope border inset with a sailing ship at sea, surmounted by wrapped text: “ESSEX COVNTRY CLVB INC 1893”; “ESSEX BOWL” engraved below; names of winners engraved on back in two columns, from left to right: “1951 - DORIS HART 6-3, 6-3; 1950 - MAUREEN CONNOLLY 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; 1953 - MAUREEN CONNOLLY 7-5, 6-0; 1954 - BETTY PRATT 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; 1955 SHIRLEY FRY 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; 1956 - SHIRLEY FRY - 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; ALTHEA GIBSON 9-7, 6-4; 1958 - MRS. DOROTHY KNODE 6-3, 5-0; 1959 - ANGELA MORTIMER 6-3, 6-0; 1960 - ANN HAYDON 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; 1961 - DARLENE HAND 6-4, 6-2; 1962 - MARGARET SMITH 6-1, 6-4; 1963 - MARGARET SMITH 6-4, 11-9; 1964 - BILLIE JEAN MOFFITT 6-4, 4-6, 11-9; 1965 - BILLIE JEAN MOFFITT 6-2, 10-8; 1966 - MARIA BUENO 6-4, 6-8, 6-1., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis racket
- Graphite and fiberglass composite tennis racket; green, white, and black; “n core pro surge” model; Wilson logos and specifications printed on throat and beam; dimensional “W” attached to stringing; gray rubber grip., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis racket
- Ash tennis racket, white plastic throat and butt, and brown leather grip; “B” colored on stringing, “AMERICAN ASH / LAMINATED FRAME” printed at top of beam, “Bancroft” in red lettering at bottom; “king / PERSONAL” in red, followed by a fleur-de-lis, and “FIBRE / SEALED” printed on throat; “USED BY BILLIE JEAN KING / IN TOURNAMENT PLAY” on side of shaft, hand-written registration “K6430” on front; red “B” and “Made in USA” on butt., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Eyeglasses with case
- Light-weight eyeglasses with metal frames and glass lenses; hinged plastic case with padded interior., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Mortimer Spiller Company sample print card
- Pale green paper card printed in dark green ink on recto: NOTICE / The attached is a sample, and intended to give you an idea of how / the completed job will look. Should there be any changes desired, / please indicate them. The sample must be returned with your O.K. / indicated theron. / IMPORTANT / This sample is the property of The Mortimer Spiller Company, Inc., / and must be returned. It is fully protected, and its unauthorized use / or reproduction, in whole or in part, is expressly forbidden. / Registered No. _____ / THE MORTIMER SPILLER COMPLANY, INCORPORATED / home office / 163 HIGH PARK BOULEVARD BUFFALO, N.Y. 14226, Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis racket
- Billie Jean King-endorsed wood tennis racket; teal-colored throat with decal image of Billie Jean King with signature below, “COURT STAR” printed horizontally along handle, on both sides; “Wilson” at bottom of beam; brown leather-wrapped handle., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King playing tennis, circa 1973
- New-York Historical Society
-
- Tennis racket head cover
- Yellow cloth tennis racket head cover with red piping, [no printing], Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Betty Jerman Moffitt and Bill Moffitt, 1973
- Portrait of Billie Jean King's parents, Betty Jerman Moffitt and Bill Moffitt. The photograph was taken around the time of the Battle of the Sexes, September 20, 1973, New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King Virginia Slims Tour promotional photo, circa 1973
- New-York Historical Society
-
- Sugar Daddy tennis racket head cover
- Yellow cloth tennis racket head cover with red piping, printed with Bobby Riggs “Sugar Daddy” caricature, and Riggs’ signature., Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Sugar Daddy printing gel
- Mylar screen print negative, "Sugar Daddy", Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Bobby Riggs signature printing gel
- Mylar screen print negative, Bobby Riggs signature., Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Sugar Daddy caricature printing gel
- Mylar screen print negative, Bobby Riggs "Sugar Daddy" caricature., Gift in honor of Harriet Spiller, Ulla Crickard, and the Net Set, Amherst, NY, New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King with the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis, 1974
- Billie Jean King surrounded by a group of African American children, one of whom is holding a tennis racket with "Philadelphia Freedoms" and a Liberty Bell on its cover, New-York Historical Society
-
- Bud Collins and Billie Jean King, 1981
- Collins is wearing the "Billie Jean King is #1" T-Shirt and Billie Jean is wearing a Women's Tennis Association Tour T-Shirt. Collins and King met when Billie Jean was fifteen and traveled East to play tournaments. Collins wrote for the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe and was at Wimbledon in 1961 when Moffitt and Karen Hantze won their first ladies’ doubles championship at Wimbledon., New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King at a World Team Tennis event, 1985
- King became the first female commissioner of a professional sports league when she was named Commissioner of World TeamTennis in 1985. She wears a "Draft me" pin while speaking at the podium., New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King with Joseph Cullman, Newport, Rhode Island, 1987
- King and Cullman together at her International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Joe Cullman and his company, Philip Morris Companies Inc., together with Gladys Heldman, changed the course of history with their commitment and funding of women’s tennis., New-York Historical Society
-
- The USA defeated Russia at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Fed Cup, 1999
- Courtesy of The International Tennis Hall of Fame. Fed Cup is an international team competition in women’s tennis. Left to right: Venus Williams, Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Coach Billie Jean King, and Judy Levering, then president of the United States Tennis Association., New-York Historical Society
-
- Philadelphia Freedoms tennis dress
- Sleeveless white tennis dress with flared skirt, V-neck, and racer-back; beige lining and built-in padded chest support; red and white Philadelphia Freedoms logo, blue and yellow World Team Tennis logo, and “Rbk” embroidered across chest, signed in black marker by Venus Williams; “V. WILLIAMS” across back; sewn-in “Rbk / Diane von Furstenberg” tag; size M., The Billie Jean King Collection, New-York Historical Society
-
- Billie Jean King at United States Tennis Association National Tennis Center renaming ceremony, 2006
- King met with attending luminaries before the ceremony. Left to right: Franklin Johnson (then president of the United States Tennis Association), Arlen Kantarian, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Venus Williams, Mary Carillo, and John McEnroe., New-York Historical Society