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Tatler cover 1939 - Alice Marble & Jean Nicoll
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Tatler cover 1939 - Alice Marble & Jean Nicoll
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of American, shorts-wearing Alice Marble shaking hands at the net with sixteen year-old British tennis player, Jean Nicoll after an exciting match where the teenager managed to take fourteen games off the US champion. Nicoll was considered the most promising junior player in Great Britain prior to the Second World War. She later went on to become a successful table tennis player. She died of a barbituates overdose at the age of 42. Date: 1939
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Alice Hands Marble Sep20 Shaking Shorts Sportswomen Tatler Tennis
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A Moment of Triumph: Alice Marble and Jean Nicoll on the Cover of Tatler, 1939 This striking photograph captures the intensity and excitement of a tennis match between American champion Alice Marble and sixteen-year-old British prodigy Jean Nicoll. The image graced the front cover of Tatler magazine in September 1939, just as the shadows of war were beginning to loom over Europe. Alice Marble, dressed in shorts and a crisp shirt, is shown extending a gracious handshake to her young opponent, Jean Nicoll, at the net. The teenager, with a determined look in her eyes, had managed to take an impressive fourteen games off the US champion in their match. Nicoll was considered the most promising junior tennis player in Great Britain prior to the Second World War, and this encounter with the reigning queen of the sport was a significant moment in her budding career. Despite her early promise, Nicoll's life took a tragic turn. She later became a successful table tennis player, but her struggles with mental health and addiction led to her untimely death by barbiturates overdose at the age of forty-two. This photograph, a testament to the spirit of competition and the enduring allure of sports, stands as a poignant reminder of the lives and stories that intersect on the tennis court and beyond.
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