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Photographic transparency of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This color transparency depicts a woman surrounded by large cardboard boxes. Wearing a dark dress, she holds a pair or brown shoes in her left hand. She sits on a chair surrounded by four cardboard boxes, two if which are filled with shoes. There is another seated woman, and a standing man visible in the upper left hand corner. Visible in the background is an A frame shelter and a Welfare Service Inc. truck.

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Catalog reference: 2015.245.271

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