Washington, D.C. • USA (March on Washington 8-28-1963): Museum Object and Cultural History
Washington, D.C. • USA (March on Washington 8-28-1963): Date: 1963; printed 2006 - 2009. Created by: Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006. Subject of: Jacquelyn Bond Shropshire.
The object in the museum catalogue
Silver gelatin photograh featuring a close-up of a man and woman at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs; she is clapping her hands and he holds her proper left arm and back of her head.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1963; printed 2006 - 2009
- Created by: Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of: Jacquelyn Bond Shropshire
- Subject of: Golden Asro Frinks, 1920 - 2004
- Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 x 8 1/2 in. (32.9 x 21.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image and Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2009.36.13
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Leonard Freed/Magnum Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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