Digital image of March on Washington participants in white hats
Object Details
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Photograph by
- Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Description
- A digital color image of two women wearing white caps at the March on Washington.
- The women are depicted in profile from the waist up, facing towards the right side of the image. The woman on the left wears a black jacket over a white shirt and holds her hands in front of her, the strap for a bag on her proper right forearm. The woman next to her on the right side of the image wears a blue cardigan over a plaid top. The photograph was captured outdoors, with the National Mall out of focus in the background.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Freedom
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Stanley Tretick Photography Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.157.34
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2857 pixels × 2613 pixels
- File size: 21.39 MB
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.157.34
Digital image of March on Washington participants in white hats A digital color image of two women wearing white caps at the March on Washington.
The women are depicted in profile from the waist up, facing towards the right side of the image. The woman on the left wears a black jacket over a white shirt and holds her hands in front of her, the strap for a bag on her proper right forearm. The woman next to her on the right side of the image wears a blue cardigan over a plaid top. The photograph was captured outdoors, with the National Mall out of focus in the background.
H x W: 2857 pixels × 2613 pixels
File size: 21.39 MB