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Digital image of a March on Washington participant taking a photograph

African American Museum

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Object Details

Photograph by

Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999

Subject of

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Description

A color digital image of March on Washington participants, one of whom is taking a photograph.
Captured outdoors on the National Mall, a woman in a pink sweater holding a camera stands to the left while a group of three individuals, two men and a woman, stand together to the right. The woman with the camera holds it up to her face with both hands. She wears a pink sweater over a white shirt, a patterned skirt, and a white hat with pink ribbon. A handbag is held in the crook of her arm. The men both wear dark colored suits and one on the left is lighting a cigarette. The man in the middle holds hands with the second woman on the left, who wears a pale green dress with matching jacket. She has a March on Washington pinback button on her jacket and a black handbag over her forearm. Trees and cars are out of focus in the background.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick

Date

August 28, 1963

Object number

2016.157.35

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian Institution
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

digital images
digital media - born analog

Medium

digital

Dimensions

H x W: 2571 pixels × 3980 pixels
File size: 29.31 MB

Place captured

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Stanley Tretick Photography Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Movement

Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Activism
Civil Rights
Freedom
Labor
Local and regional
Photography
U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e5ff088f-159b-4330-8b59-2d980c95a803

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.157.35

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