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Cairo, Illinois
Cairo, Illinois

Cairo, Illinois

Portfolio TitleCivil Rights
Artist Danny Lyon (American, born 1942)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 x 13 1/8 inches (22.86 x 33.35 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.46.20
SignedIn pencil, on back
Inscribed"#2" in bottom left; "DL-0053" in upper right
MarkingsBleak Beauty stamp in red ink: print made 1996; printer "C.U."
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DescriptionImage of African-Americans standing in line beside a building; a woman in a white blouse looks directly at the camera.
Copyright© Danny Lyon
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