Marchers in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, 1963 March on Washington
Object Details
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- 20th century
- Author
- Wallace, James
- Subject
- King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968 Jr
- Notes
- Featured in "Torch," August 1983.
- Summary
- In 1963, free-lance photographer Jim Wallace - later director of the Smithsonian's Office of Printing and Photographic Services - recorded Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, 1963 march on Washington. Wallace's photographs were among those presented in the "March on Washington: The Wind and Fire of a Dream," an exhibit which opened at the National Museum of American History in time for the twentieth anniversary of the march on August 28, 1983. Printed in the "Torch," August 1983.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: August 1983
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Place
- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Topic
- Demonstrations
- Anniversaries
- Civil rights movements--History
- Civil rights
- Civil rights demonstrations
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Standard number
- SIA2011-2223
- Type
- Object
- Document
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 7.25w x 5h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13017
In 1963, free-lance photographer Jim Wallace - later director of the Smithsonian's Office of Printing and Photographic Services - recorded Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, 1963 march on Washington. Wallace's photographs were among those presented in the "March on Washington: The Wind and Fire of a Dream," an exhibit which opened at the National Museum of American History in time for the twentieth anniversary of the march on August 28, 1983. Printed in the "Torch," August 1983.