Danny Lyon
Albany, Georgia, 1962

Albany, Georgia, 1962

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Albany, Georgia, 1962
Albany, Georgia, 1962
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Albany, Georgia, 1962
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1962
Place depictedAlbany, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 13 in. (22.4 × 33 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 number99.392
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "#7"
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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Albany, Georgia, 1962, Drinking Fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse
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Albany, Georgia, 1962, Drinking Fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.389
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Eddie Brown, Former Gang Leader and Movement Activist, is Arrested
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Albany, Georgia, 1962, Eddie Brown, Former Gang Leader and Movement Activist, is Arrested
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.390
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
Danny Lyon
Albany, Georgia, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are Escorted from the Court House to the Jail House
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.391
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
1963
Gelatin silver print
99.398
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
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Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
1963
Gelatin silver print
99.399
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
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
Southwest Georgia, SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle Visit a Supporter in the Countryside, Sherrod is Currently a Member of the Albany City Council
Danny Lyon
Southwest Georgia, SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle Visit a Supporter in the Countryside, Sherrod is Currently a Member of the Albany City Council
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.708
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
Danny Lyon
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.386
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
Danny Lyon
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.387
Route 90, Alabama
Danny Lyon
Route 90, Alabama
1964
Gelatin silver print
2002.1562
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