Danny Lyon
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool

Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962
Place depictedCairo, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 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 number99.387
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil: "#2"
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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Gelatin silver print
99.386
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, SNCC Field Secretary, later SNCC Chairman, Now Congressman John Lewis, and Others Pray During a Demonstration
Danny Lyon
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1962
Gelatin silver print
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Gelatin silver print
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1962
Gelatin silver print
99.390
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Gelatin silver print
2023.697
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Albany, Georgia, 1962
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.392
Scrambles Track, McHenry, Illinois
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Scrambles Track, McHenry, Illinois
1966, printed 1979
Gelatin silver print
84.815.5
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Drinking Fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse
Danny Lyon
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Drinking Fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.389
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
Danny Lyon
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.394
Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
Danny Lyon
Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.395
Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland
James Nachtwey
Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland
1981
Silver dye bleach print
2002.1703
Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside
Danny Lyon
Leesburg, Georgia, 1963, Arrested for Demonstrating in Americus, Teenage Girls are Kept in a Stockade in the Countryside
1963
Gelatin silver print
99.396