Jennifer Abbe at March on Washington, May 1970
SubjectPortrait of
Jennifer Abbe
American
Date9 May 1970
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/2 × 3 1/2in. (8.9 × 8.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Abbe
DescriptionColor photograph of Jennifer Abbe at age 2 sleeping in a stroller at the March on Washington protest on 9 May 1970. A peace flag (2024.35.12) is in the foreground. Robert Abbe's wife, Jean, and daughter, Jennifer attended the anti-war protest with Jean's sister, Ruth, and her parents, John and Daisy Skoglund while Robert was serving in the Vietnam War.
Object number2024.35.9
CopyrightIn Copyright
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on Post-It Note affixed to back: "Jennifer / Linnea / Abbe / 2 yrs old / father serving / in Vietnam"On View
Not on view
Reverend Dr. John E. Skoglund
9 May 1970
26 August 1971
Dr. Charles P. Shoemaker Jr.
September 1970
Dr. Charles P. Shoemaker Jr.
September 1970
