Title from caption on object: “Martin Luther King's Funeral”

April 9, 1968

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.6 × 23.9 cm (6 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.474

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in red crayon perpendicular: 5 [?]; center left in red ink perpendicular: 2; center Keystone Press stamp in red ink; center right printed in blue ink inverted: KSC 23557; across bottom printed in black ink on applied paper: MARTIN LUTHER KING'S FUNERAL / Funeral service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. Dr. King's / successor as President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, / RALPH ABERNATHY eulogizing Dr. King. Next to the widow sitting: / Dr. King's brother, son Dexter (7), daughter Yolanda (12). / KEYSTONE NEW YORK POOL/090468/2

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