Digital image of the crowd at the March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963
name: label: Photograph by
content: Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A color image of the crowd at the March on Washington, looking out over the Reflecting Pool and the Washington Monument.
label: Description
content: There are two American flags in the foreground. There is a mass of people in front of, around, and behind the reflecting pool. A few hold signs above the crowd. Just left of center in front of the Reflecting Pool is a raised platform with film cameras and photographers. There are trees on either side of the reflecting pool and the Washington Monument is in the background with American flags around it.
place: 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Labor
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: Collection title
content: Stanley Tretick Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.157.74
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian Institution
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4233 pixels × 2876 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 34.86 MB