Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1963
Place depictedBirmingham, Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.399
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "#14"
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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