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Crowd Gathering in Front of Clayborn Temple Before March, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Crowd Gathering in Front of Clayborn Temple Before March, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Crowd Gathering in Front of Clayborn Temple Before March, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Crowd Gathering in Front of Clayborn Temple Before March, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateMarch 28, 1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 12 1/16 x 17 7/8 in. (30.6 x 45.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm)
Mat: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.34
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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In Front of Clayborn Temple, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
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