Chromogenic print of an aerial view of Resurrection City
date: label: Date
content: May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: P. Kenneth Jadin, American, 1942 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Resurrection City from the 1968 Poor People's Campaign on the National Mall that was taken by one of Resurrection City's lead architects, Ken Jadin. The photograph is an aerial view facing the Lincoln Memorial from the Washington Monument. The tent settlement, known as Resurrection City, is shown to the left of the Reflecting Pool in West Potomac Park. The tents, made of white tarp over plywood, are visible in the dirt encampment. The Reflecting Pool is lined with trees and there are larger groves on the left side of the image. Rainbow Pond, now the World War II Memorial, can be seen in the foreground. The background shows the Potomac River and the far Washington, D.C. and Virginia landscape. The Arlington Memorial Bridge is shown over the river behind the Lincoln Memorial. The image colors are considerably deteriorated. An inscription on the reverse reads [R. Res City].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Resurrection City, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of P. Kenneth Jadin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.98.1
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © P. Kenneth Jadin
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image and sheet): 13 3/4 × 11 in. (35 × 28 cm)