- Photograph by
- Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Printed by
- Freed, Brigitte, American
- Inirio, Pablo
- Date
- August 28, 1963; printed 2013
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 13 in. (21.7 × 33 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.5 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three (3) women participating in the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Depicted in the right foreground of the image is a woman’s smiling face in profile. She is looking to the left edge of the image. Depicted center is the head and shoulders of a woman wearing sunglasses, facing the woman in profile. On the left side of the image, in the background, is another woman wearing a medium-toned top with a round button with a rectangular base pinned below her proper right shoulder. She is clasping a pair of sunglasses in her hands.
- On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide publication information, image date, event information, location, image number, and the signature of the donor. There are also three (3) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- USA. March on Washington 1963.
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
- Object number
- 2016.123.1.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




