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Girls in Back of Wagon, Poor People's March on Washington, Marks, Mississippi
Girls in Back of Wagon, Poor People's March on Washington, Marks, Mississippi
Girls in Back of Wagon, Poor People's March on Washington, Marks, Mississippi
© Withers Family Trust

Girls in Back of Wagon, Poor People's March on Washington, Marks, Mississippi

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateMay, 1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. (45.4 x 45.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.8 cm)
Mat: 30 x 28 in. (76.2 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 number2005.3.121
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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