Photograph of participants at the Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants crowded around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. The reflecting pool is centrally depicted with the Washington Monument in the background. Participants are gathered on the steps leading to the Lincoln Memorial in the foreground. The tree-lined paved areas around the reflecting pool are heavily crowded with participants. 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. There is also the photographer’s label as well as a stamp mark in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.

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