Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered

Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1963
Place depictedBirmingham, Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 3/16 in. (22.5 × 33.5 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.398
Non exposé

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verso bottom left corner in pencil "#13"
bottom right corner in pencil "13"
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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