Food Service Workers Preparing Lunches for the March on Washington
8/28/1963
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This photograph shows the lead-up to the March on Washington. A lot of work happened behind the scenes, such as assembling thousands of picket signs, making 80,000 cheese sandwiches for bagged lunches, and organizing long bus rides into Washington, DC.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.
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541999Full Citation: Photograph 306-SSM-4C-22-10; Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Food service crew.]; 8/28/1963; Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs, 1961 - 1974; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/food-service-march-on-washington, May 4, 2024]