Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary 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 twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The Reflecting Pool is centrally depicted with a participant standing in the center of the pool holding a sign. In the foreground are two (2) large protest signs depicting [WANTED] posters of Ronald Reagan held up by the crowd. The sign on the left reads [Ronnie Reagan / CUT THE MILITARY / FUND HUMAN NEEDS / FEDERATION / FOR PROGRESS]. The base of the Washington Monument is depicted in the background. On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, and the image number. There are also two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.

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