Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Created by
- Rogers Color Laboratory Corp., American, 1964 - 1996
- Caption
- This slide is part of a collection of 35mm slides encapsulating Robert Houston's full portfolio of images related to the Poor People's Campaign and the antipoverty protest camp on the National Mall. Known as "Resurrection City," the camp lasted for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
- Description
- This color slide depicts three small children in front of an A-frame shelter in Resurrection City. A little girl in a patchwork skirt and white blouse holds a half-eaten apple up to her open mouth with her left hand. She is in profile but turns her head to look directly at the viewer. Next to her is a little boy in a red tee shirt and grey pants, with his arms behind his back. Standing directly behind him is a taller boy, wearing a white red and blue plaid shirt. He rests his left hand on the smaller boy's left shoulder, and turns and looks back over his own right shoulder. The slide mount has text on the reverse that reads "processed by/ rogers color lab corp. / new york."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968
- Object number
- 2015.245.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- color slides
- Medium
- reversal film and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.9 × 4.9 cm)
- Place depicted
- National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Black geographies
- Children
- Civil Rights
- Housing
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.245.18
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56b5d927c-632f-417e-b045-bd2c5c5f3890
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