Digital image of March on Washington participants near the Lincoln Memorial
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 black and white image of the March on Washington participants captured from within the crowd, looking towards the Lincoln Memorial.
label: Description
content: The image focuses on a young man and woman in the center of the frame, who are both turning around to look behind them. The man on the left wears a light colored cap, dark jacket with a white shirt and glasses. The woman next to him wears a light colored floral print dress, a dark colored woven hat, pearl earrings and sunglasses. She has a white and black March on Washington pinback button on her proper left chest. She has several bags or purses over her proper right arm and holds a piece of paper in her left hand. They are within a large crowd of people, most of whom are looking front, towards the Lincoln Memorial. The Northeast facing corner of the Memorial is in the background and the crowd of marchers extends to the Memorial and up the steps.
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: 2016.157.53
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
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: 2224 pixels × 3325 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 21.19 MB