LIFE 1939: Tennis Hits a Beauty High at Wimbledon.

LIFE 1939: Tennis Hits a Beauty High at Wimbledon. Kay Stammers, Alice Marble, Sarah Palfrey Fabyan! http://bit.ly/WcVFwf

"Besides expert tennis, the girls displayed a new high in grace and beauty, revealed by shorts and brief dresses. The champion won not only titles but a Hollywood screen test and a notice of Punch: 'Disdaining monument of brass, Fame chooses Marble for her song: Though Wimbledons unnumbered pass, her shorts will keep her memory long.'"

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