Digital image of March on Washington participants at the Reflecting Pool
- Photograph by
- Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2241 pixels × 3330 pixels
- File size: 21.38 MB
- Description
- A black and white image of March on Washington participants, sitting on the edge of the Reflecting Pool with their feet in water.
- The image depicts one corner of the Reflecting Pool, with the water on the right side and the edges along the center and top of the image. A crowd of people sitting along the edge with their feet in the water. There are men and women, boys and girls. Some have their pant legs rolled up and some are wearing skirts or shorter pants. More people sit and stand behind them.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Stanley Tretick Photography Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Freedom
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick
- Object number
- 2016.157.41
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.