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Jefferson Memorial. Front and left of Jefferson Memorial through trees from across water

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Masses listen while negress sings. Washington, D.C., April 9. An estimated 75,000 people of all races massed before the Lincoln Memorial today while negro contralto Marian Anderson staged on of the most dramatic concerts seen in Washington. The concert was the culmination of the bitterest black-vs.-white contests since the World War. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt resigned the DAR because of their refusal to allow her to sing in their Constitution Hall here, 4-9-39

Masses listen while negress sings. Washington, D.C., April 9. An estimated 75,000 people of all races massed before the Lincoln Memorial today while negro contralto Marian Anderson staged on of the most dramatic concerts seen in Washington. The concert was the culmination of the bitterest black-vs.-white contests since the World War. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt resigned the DAR because of their refusal to allow her to sing in their Constitution Hall here, 4-9-39

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Winder Building, Seventeenth & F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington, D.C. View from Virginia shore opposite Lincoln Memorial III

Washington, D.C. View from Virginia shore opposite Lincoln Memorial III

Mall. People on Mall with Washington Monument in background

Mall. People on Mall with Washington Monument in background

Jefferson Memorial. Exterior of Jefferson Memorial from across Tidal Basin LIX

Jefferson Memorial. Exterior of Jefferson Memorial from across Tidal Basin LIX

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Washington, D.C. Jefferson Memorial from Washington Monument I

Jefferson Memorial. Front and left of Jefferson Memorial through trees from across water

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01/01/1945
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Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
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