Photograph of man walking across a grassy area during the March on Washington

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of man walking across a grassy area during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. The man is depicted in the foreground on the left side of the image. He is wearing a dark suit, patterned tie, collared white shirt, wire-rimmed glasses, and a dark fedora. He is walking toward the viewer, looking down, holding a paper bag in his proper right hand, and with his proper left hand his pocket. The ground is heavily littered with paper debris and discarded signs. In the background is a line of participants walking along walkways under trees. On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide publication information, image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor.

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