Digital image of John Lewis at 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
label: Subject of
content: John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white digital image of John Lewis standing at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
label: Description
content: Lewis appears standing in the center of the image. He wears a dark colored suit and tie and looks past the camera, his proper left hand holding a paper badge or ticket against his chest and his right hand holding papers or a folder down by his side. Another man is partially visible behind him and the far right corner of the Lincoln statue is visible along the left side of the image.
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: 2016.157.21
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: 2669 pixels × 1428 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 21.84 MB