<I>Banner from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a pennant from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, by Platon. The pennant is triangular in shape with a solid dark field and white text that reads [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM WED, AUG. 28, 1963 / AND LET THE WORLD KNOW / WE WANT FREEDOM “I WAS THERE”]. The left edge of the pennant is a light tone strip of cloth sewn with light tone thread to the pennant. The pennant appears to be heavily wrinkled. The background of the photograph is solid black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a banner from the March on Washington
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.19
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 7/16 × 21 1/2 in. (24 × 54.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)