Digital image of March on Washington participants at the Lincoln Memorial
- 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: 2175 pixels × 3311 pixels
- File size: 20.63 MB
- Description
- A black and white image of a crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.
- The Lincoln Memorial appears in the background, just right of center. In the foreground, marchers sit with their feet in the Reflecting Pool. A large crowd extends behind them and up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A raised platform with people and film cameras appears in the center of the crowd, just to the left of the Memorial. There are several people standing on top of the Memorial.
- 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
- 2016.157.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.