Object Details
- Photograph by
- Jill Freedman, American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a woman playing a guitar and singing while a man reaches over her to also play the same guitar. The two are outdoors in the shade of trees, with a crowd of people in the background. She wears a striped hat, eye glasses, and a pinback button on her chest reading [POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN / PUERTORRIQUEÑOS MARCHAN]. He wears a hat and button-down shirt with his glasses in his pocket. The pair are under a tree and there are people in chairs visible in the background. The guitar has sticker of the flag of Puerto Rico on the soundboard. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1968; printed September 2017
- Object number
- 2017.81.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jill Freedman
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin and photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (21.9 × 32.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.5 cm)
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Title
- Photograph of a woman playing a guitar and singing
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.81.17
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d1cd4e4a-454e-4e5d-9ba2-95bc18d4c8f4
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