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Mule Train Leaves for Washington, Poor People's March, Marks, Mississippi
Mule Train Leaves for Washington, Poor People's March, Marks, Mississippi
Mule Train Leaves for Washington, Poor People's March, Marks, Mississippi
© Withers Family Trust

Mule Train Leaves for Washington, Poor People's March, Marks, Mississippi

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
Date1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 14 1/2 x 17 15/16 in. (36.8 x 45.6 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/16 x 19 15/16 in. (40.8 x 50.6 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 number2005.3.119
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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