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Woman between tents - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5285pixels × 5285pixels

Description: This image depicts a young woman seated between rows of tents at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The woman, seated on a wooden folding chair, wears a light colored shirt with long sleeves pushed up, and a light colored and patterned skirt. She wears a scarf wrapped around her head and is barefoot. Her light colored sandals rest on the ground beside her. She sits sideways to the camera and looks at the viewer over her left shoulder, holding her left hand on her hip. She sits in the doorway of a tent made of yellow material, wood, and plastic sheeting. Folding cots are visible inside the tent opposite her. The alley is bare ground with sparse grass and a tree is visible in the distance over the roofs of the tents.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform; U.S. History, 1961-1969; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.39

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a68b6702-30a5-4fa2-b9a5-946a20e0422f

Yellow school bus - Resurrection City., Wash, D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 4539pixels × 4991pixels

Description: This image depicts a yellow school bus parked by the curb with five men's heads protruding from side windows and one man emerging from the door. The photograph is taken from the rear right side of the bus, looking towards the front. There are two hand-made signs taped to the bus' side, both handwritten on white paper. One, in black letters, reads "NEWARK, N.J. / VAN-GUARD/ POOR PEOPLES/ CAMPAIGN." The other sign, written in red ink reads “NEWARK, NJ." Painted in black and white script by the door's lower corner is the bus company's logo that reads "Mer(?)enthal(?)rs/ Bus Service." Five men lean out the upper half of five bus windows, looking over their right shoulders towards the viewer. Two of the men wear flat caps, and all five men wear over shirts or jackets in shades of khaki or dark blue. A sixth man in a dark blue jacket stands in the bus's open door.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Men; Photography; Resistance; Social reform; U.S. History, 1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.46

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd519d15fa8-bacb-42e8-ab07-6a2b06577baa

Tent with song lyrics - Resurection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 2510pixels × 3899pixels

Description: This image depicts a temporary shelter in Resurrection City on the National Mall with the lyrics to two songs written on its sides. The tent, made of plywood and plastic sheeting, is situated on the National Mall, with trees and the Washington Monument visible behind it. The first song is titled "You Can't Keep Us Down" and the lyrics cover the left half of the tent wall. The other song is titled "In Resurrection City" and its lyrics cover the right side of the tent wall. For full lyrics, please see Notes Text Entries.

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform; U.S. History, 1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.47

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50a2ec075-4aaa-44f3-a94c-985a1674257f

Two girls at tent - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Child or Children

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels

Description: This image depicts three children in the entrance of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The tent is made of yellow material, wood, and clear plastic sheeting. Standing between two yellow tent flaps, three children look out and to the right. The smallest child wears a grey coat and light colored pants. Standing slightly in front of him, the tallest child wears light colored shorts and has a light green sweater draped over her shoulders. Her arms are wrapped tightly around her torso. Next to her is a little girl wearing a light yellow dress and beige cardigan. Inside the tent several other children can be seen in the background.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Children; Civil rights; Communities; Families; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.33

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55ca1c6a3-0be2-41eb-bdc3-b11d2360be4c

Reverend Kirkpatrick - Resurrection City, Wash. D.C.. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Rev. Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass, American, 1933 - 1986
Signed by: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 2124pixels × 3218pixels

Description: This image depicts the Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick holding a guitar. Kirkpatrick led cultural programs at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Wearing a dark blue denim shirt with brass buttons, he is viewed from below, giving him a monumental aspect. He holds the guitar against his torso and strums with his right hand. He gazes straight ahead, over the head of the photographer.

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Folk (Music); Local and regional; Men; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.32

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59e98f71a-fd8d-4e54-9e7b-44da28552d51

Dizzy Gillespie & woman with white scarf - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Gillespie, Dizzy, American, 1917 - 1993; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5353pixels × 5124pixels

Description: This imaged depicts musician Dizzy Gillespie, outside, seated on the edge of a platform in a crowd of people at Resurrection City. Gillespie is sitting slightly sideways to the camera, facing to the viewer's right, among other sitting and standing individuals. Wearing a dark sweatshirt and dark pants, a button pin and thick rimmed glasses, he looks upwards, a cigarette between his lips. In the foreground is a young woman in a white sweater with a white scarf tied around her hair. She carries a purse over her left shoulder and holds an object against her chest with her bent left arm. She stands sideways to the viewer, looking to the viewer's left. In the background is a crowd of people standing in front of a group of trees.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Musicians; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.40

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50115df1a-1b5d-4a36-b8e2-d1ccc7f3af3e

Jesse Jackson - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Subject of: Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men
Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3181pixels × 2177pixels

Description: This image depicts Reverend Jesse Jackson in Resurrection City. Jackson is pictured in profile. Wearing a dark blue shirt, open at the neck, with a necklace of square wooden beads, he gazes to the viewer's left. There are several indistinct individuals in the background.

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.43

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c53bec22-7925-43f4-9d60-ad43c97b55f1

Rev. Kirkpatrick and friends - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Rev. Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass, American, 1933 - 1986; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5140pixels × 5205pixels

Description: This image depicts the Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick in Resurrection City playing the guitar with another man, while a woman standing between them claps her hands. Kirkpatrick, on the right, wears a dark denim jacket over a button down shirt and dark pants. He holds a guitar with a strap over his left shoulder and strums with his right hand. Facing opposite him is a man in a light colored short sleeve shirt and dark trousers, also holding a guitar. It is slung over his left shoulder as he strums with his right hand. Standing between the two men, facing the viewer, is a woman in a light colored sweatshirt and light pants. Her sweatshirt has large letters that read "MILWAUK.../N.A.A.C..../YOUTH COUNCIL." She wears a large button on her right shoulder that reads "FREEDOM." Crowds of onlookers stand in the background. The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.42

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd519920678-2afe-46d3-9af6-c4d56b7fca96

Hosea Williams & Lou Rawls - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Williams, Hosea Lorenzo, American, 1926 - 2000; Rawls, Lou, American, 1933 - 2006; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 4714pixels × 5210pixels

Description: This image depicts Hosea Williams and Lou Rawls on a small wooden outdoor stage in Resurrection City with a group of other individuals. Hosea Williams stands in front of the small crowd on stage. Wearing a dark jumpsuit, he holds a microphone in his left hand and gestures with his right. Taken from below, this angle gives him a monumental aspect. Behind him is a group of people, including Lou Rawls, wearing a dark patterned short sleeve shirt, dark pants, a large pendant on a chain, and sunglasses. The surrounding people include one woman, in a light colored sweater and pants. Next to her is a man in a bright pattered shirt, light pants, and a light colored hat. On Rawls' other side are two men in dark clothes, one in front wearing a jacket, one in the rear wearing a hat. Visible on the extreme right are three other figures, the man in front dressed in black with a large pendant on a chain. One man behind him is dressed in dark colors, with a hat; the other wears a white tee-shirt and dark pants. Crowds of people and trees can be seen in the background.

Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.45

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ff6fff8a-aca2-4477-b073-a89b57497279

Woman in brown dress with children - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Child or Children

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels

Description: This image depicts a woman and two young children standing at the entrance of a yellow tent at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. One yellow tent flap is folded back allowing the woman to peek though the opening. She wears a brown dress and black flat shoes. At her side are two small children, the taller child in a striped red white and blue shirt and blue pants. The child leans against the woman’s left side. On his other side is a much smaller child wearing an off-white onesie. The woman has her left arm around both children with her left hand resting on the smallest child's head. Behind them inside the tent another child is visible.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Children; Civil rights; Communities; Families; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.35

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5742c7a9f-d890-4b0b-9246-c1cf2cd61345

Girl with yellow scarf - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels

Description: This image depicts a woman during the construction of Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. She is wearing a yellow cloth wrapped around her head. She is shown from the chest upwards, wearing a light grey button shirt, with an object hanging from a cloth strap around her neck. Wooden frames for temporary shelters are visible in the background.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Labor; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.37

Restrictions & Rights: © Robert Houston

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5936e7cf3-a42f-4a4a-ad8e-83a26edb4497

Constructing tents - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men; Unidentified Woman or Women

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 2086pixels × 3177pixels

Description: This image depicts a group of individuals erecting a series of temporary shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Thirteen individuals are assisting each other in laying wood floors and constructing wooden supports for the shelters. There are trees in the background, and the Washington Monument can be seen in the distance.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.44

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54d12b143-e187-40e9-af78-3f81f54242f9

Woman at tent doorway - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3179pixels × 3157pixels

Description: This image depicts a young woman standing at the entrance of one of the yellow tents at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Framed by the tent flaps of yellow material she gazes directly at the viewer. She is dressed in a blue knit shirt with a fold over collar and a vee-neckline. There is some clear and white material, possibly a wad of tape, stuck to one tent flap at head level.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.34

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cc3af5ea-028e-4c94-b8bf-deda06bc433a

Men with plastic at tent - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. – 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Man or Men

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels

Description: This image depicts four men building an A-frame tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Two of the men, both wearing hats and jackets, stand on the tent's slanting wooden sides, one man on each side. They hold the large sheet of plastic to the top pf the wood frame while two men on the ground hold the sheet flat against the wall. One man on the ground, wearing a yellow shirt and dark hat, stretches his left hand and gazes towards one of the men on the slanting wall. Both men on the ground stand with their back to the viewer. There is another yellow tent in the background.

Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Communities; Labor; Local and regional; Men; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.36

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fa2f8099-92e8-463b-a2e3-dc5c75d0f80e

Young girl in tent doorway - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Child or Children

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 3179pixels × 2157pixels

Description: This image depicts a young girl peering out between the flaps of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The girl leans slightly to her right to look around the edge of the yellow tent flap. She wears a pale yellow dress and beige button down cardigan. Her hair is braided and she has a pencil tucked through a braid on the crown of her head. Although facing forward, her eyes are focused to the right of the viewer. Behind the girl within the tent is a folding cot on which are four small children. A fifth small child in a red jacket stands at the end of the cot and looks towards the tent entrance.

Cultural Place: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: Resurrection City
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; African American - Latinx Solidarity; Poor People's Campaign

Type: portraits; digital images; digital media - born analog

Topic: Activism; Children; Civil rights; Communities; Families; Local and regional; Photography; Resistance; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston

Object number: 2014.116.38

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a694b591-5eed-46f7-9369-c98832a38e75

Night scene at campfire - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

Photograph by: Robert Houston, American, born 1935
Subject of: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Man or Men

Date: May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: H x W: 5288pixels × 5212pixels

Description: This image depicts a group of people gathered around a bonfire in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Two people sit on a variety of chairs around a bonfire in a barrel. Two individuals sit with their backs to the viewer, one man in a dark suit and hat, the other in a light colored shirt and pants. A third person stands leaning against the back of a chair. Several other individuals walk past in the dark. An overflowing trash can sits to the right of the bonfire. The bonfire is surrounded by rows of tents and temporary structures. Behind them are the silhouettes of trees. The illuminated Washington Monument can be seen in the background.