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Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated

Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962
Place depictedCairo, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 13 1/16 in. (22.4 × 33.2 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 number99.386
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner pencil: "#1" verso bottom right corner pencil: "#1"
verso bottom center in pencil "Danny Lyon"
verso bottom right corner a stamp with pencil additions "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 1962 Picture Date 1996 Print Date"

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