Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 27, 1983; printed 2013
name: label: Photograph by
content: Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
label: Printed by
content: Brigitte Freed, American
label: Printed by
content: Pablo Inirio
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants wading in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. In the foreground of the image is a woman centrally depicted standing in the Reflecting Pool with her back to the viewer. The woman is wearing a medium toned short sleeve shirt and shorts. She is standing with her back to the viewer with her face turned in profile towards the left side of the image. She is facing a shirtless man who is leaning towards the water with his proper left hand on one hip and his proper right hand partially in the water. There is a diagonal line of six (6) fountain spouts spraying water extending from the right foreground to the left middle ground. Several more participants are standing behind the man and the woman in the water.
label: Description
content: On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
place: label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: USA. Second March on Washington.
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 Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.123.2.17
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)