Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital image of John Lewis at the Lincoln Memorial
August 28, 1963
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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 black and white digital image of John Lewis standing at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Lewis appears standing in the center of the image. He wears a dark colored suit and tie and looks past the camera, his proper left hand holding a paper badge or ticket against his chest and his right hand holding papers or a folder down by his side. Another man is partially visible behind him and the far right corner of the Lincoln statue is visible along the left side of the image.
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Catalog reference: 2016.157.21
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