Photograph by

Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999

Subject of

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Dr. Prinz, Joachim, German American, 1902 - 1988

Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979

President Kennedy, John F., American, 1917 - 1963

Date

August 28, 1963

Medium

digital

Dimensions

H x W: 1990 pixels × 2817 pixels

File size: 16.07 MB

Description

A black and white image of Rabbi Joachim Prinz and A. Philip Randolph with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office.

The three men are standing together, looking off to the right and smiling. Joachim Prinz is on the far left side. He is wearing a dark buttoned up suit jacket, a white collared shirt, a dark tie, and a March on Washington button. A. Philip Randolph is in the middle. He is wearing a dark unbuttoned suit jacket, a white collared shirt, a black tie, and a March on Washington button. John F. Kennedy is on the far proper left side. He is wearing a dark suit, a white collared shirt, a black tie, and a white pocket square. There is a doorway behind them. Eugene Carson Blake stands behind Mr. Prinz and Mr. Randolph and is only slightly visible from this angle.

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

portraits

digital images

digital media - born analog

Topic

Activism

Civil rights

Freedom

Judaism

Labor

Local and regional

Men

Photography

Politics

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

2016.157.5

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian Institution

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

GUID

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