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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 photographic slide depicts a woman sitting inside an A frame shelter. She wears a dark blue cardigan over a black shirt, a light colors skirt, and sheer white scarf over her hair. She has glasses and a gold necklace. Seated on a folding cot, she has a blue garment in her lap that she appears to be sewing. Behind her is visible some of the plywood of the shelter. She is surrounded by piles of fabric and a blue suitcase at her feet. With the transparency was a protective plastic sleeve with a sticker on the bottom with both handwrittten and stamped text.

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Catalog reference: 2015.245.275

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