Danny Lyon
The March on Washington, August 28, 1963

The March on Washington, August 28, 1963

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

The March on Washington, August 28, 1963
The March on Washington, August 28, 1963
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The March on Washington, August 28, 1963
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1963
Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/16 × 8 7/8 in. (33.2 × 22.5 cm)
 Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.3 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.397
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right corner reading vertically in pencil "#12"
verso right edge in pencil reading vertically "Danny Lyon"
verso top right corner a stamp with pencil additions "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 1963 Picture Date 1996 Print Date"

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1962
Gelatin silver print
99.395
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Danny Lyon
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1963
Gelatin silver print
99.399
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
Standing Figure of Mahasiddha
Standing Figure of Mahasiddha
18th Century or earlier
Gold, bronze, and pigment
2004.2404
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
Danny Lyon
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1963
Gelatin silver print
99.398
Standing Warrior
Standing Warrior
600–900 AD
Earthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
65.151
Image Not Available for Memorial Piece
Dr. Charles Smith
Memorial Piece
1986–2000
Concrete, plaster, metal armature, and paint
2003.1019
Bat Headed Figural Pendant
Bat Headed Figural Pendant
700–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1048
Chief's Pectoral Disk (Tabilu)
Chief's Pectoral Disk (Tabilu)
18th–19th century
Gold
2004.2289
Jaspar de Charles van Nieuwenhoven
Sir Anthony van Dyck
Jaspar de Charles van Nieuwenhoven
1620
Oil on wood
52.57
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963-64, A Toddle House Has the Distinction of Being Occupied by Some of America's Most Effective Organizers. In the Room are Taylor Washington, Ivanhoe Donaldson,...
Danny Lyon
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963-64, A Toddle House Has the Distinction of Being Occupied by Some of America's Most Effective Organizers. In the Room are Taylor Washington, Ivanhoe Donaldson,...
1963–1964, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.712
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963-64, High School Student Taylor Washington is Arrested at Lebs Delicatessen. His Eighth Arrest.
Danny Lyon
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963-64, High School Student Taylor Washington is Arrested at Lebs Delicatessen. His Eighth Arrest.
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.711