Object Details
Photograph by
Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999
Subject of
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
Description
A black and white image of a group of March on Washington participants.
At the center of the image is a man in dark clothing with a white clerical collar. He is holding a partially eaten sandwich in his proper left hand. There is a woman in a floral dress next to him on the proper left side. She is wearing a camera around her neck, a white March on Washington pinback button, and an arm band. There is a man on her proper left side in a white shirt. There is also a man on the proper right side in a white short-sleeve shirt with a white March on Washington pinback button. His face cannot be seen. There is a crowd of people standing behind them and there are trees 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
2016.157.59
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: 2248 pixels × 3074 pixels
File size: 19.8 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
Christianity
Civil Rights
Freedom
Labor
Local and regional
Photography
Religion
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2016.157.59