Danny Lyon
Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside

Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside
Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1963
Place depictedLeesburg, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 13 1/16 in. (22.2 × 33.2 cm)
 Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.7 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.396
Non exposé

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verso bottom left corner in pencil "#11"
verso bottom center in pencil "Danny Lyon"
verso bottom right corner a stamp with pencil additions "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 1963 Picture Date 1996 Print Date"

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