Photograph of John Wiebenson and others building a structure
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: Thomas O'Halloran
label: Subject of
content: John Jacob Wiebenson, American, died 2003
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A chromogenic print depicting a black-and-white image of four people outdoors in an open space building an A-frame structure from wooden 2x4s and plywood. The man at center, John Wiebenson, stands on a milk crate holding plywood against the 2x4 frame. Two others, faces obstructed, do the same. A fourth swings a hammer. A fifth person squats holding a camera to capture the proceedings. A final person stands with his back to the camera while looking to a piece of paper in his left hand. There are scattered trees in the background. The photograph is dry-mounted on Fome-Cor.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Poverty
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 Abigail Wiebenson & sons, John, Derek & Sam in honor of John Wiebenson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.76.3
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on Fome-Cor (TM)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Image and sheet): 15 1/4 × 23 3/8 × 1/4 in. (38.7 × 59.4 × 0.6 cm)