Photograph of two men participating in the March on Washington

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.

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a two (2) men participating in the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. One man’s face is depicted in profile on the right side of the image facing the left side of the image. He is wearing a patterned, button down shirt and bucket cap. Behind him and on the left side of the image is the second man, wearing a plaid, button down shirt, jacket, and newsboy cap. 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 two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom center and the bottom right corner of the verso.

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