A black-and-white photograph of a Black man sitting in the back of a convertible and shaking hands with a crowd of Black people.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after nomination for Nobel Peace Prize, Baltimore, Maryland

Leonard Freed (1929-2006)

Date

Oct. 31, 1964
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. [printed on label]: MAGNUM PHOTOS / [barcode] / LO-DU O00519397
u.c. in red ink: USA GREEN
u.r. in blue ink: Crowd
u.r. [printed on label]: KING, Martin L. / PERSONALITIES FILE (BOX)
u.r. stamped in black ink [inside rectangular box]: Photograph By / Leonard Freed / © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / 15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C. 10085
u.l. in graphite: [underlined] 1964 BALTIMORE, MD. -USA- / (DR. MARTIN LUTHER King JR. / AFTER NOMINATION OF NOBEL / PRIZE FOR PEACE. 10-31-64) / 63-9-1-23
u.r. stamped in black ink: 63-9
u.r. in red ink: -1/23
u.r. in blue ink: #25696
c. stamped in red ink [vertically]: 32311
l.l. in black ink [vertically along left edge]: 8A-74%
l.l. to l.r. in graphite [previously erased but visible]: Martin Luther King greeted in Baltimore / after he received the Nobel Prize for Peace
l.l. stamped in black ink on label: MAGNUM PHOTOS LTD / 2nd FLOOR / MORELAND BUILDINGS / 5 OLD STREET / LONDON EC1V 9HL / TEL: 0171 490 1771
l.r. signed in graphite: Leonard Freed
l.r. stamped in black ink: ©Leonard Freed - Magnum
l.c. stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Brigitte Freed
Accession Number

P2019.104
Copyright

© Leonard Freed - Magnum - Brigitte Freed

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