2012.41: The morning after the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, heavily armed members of the Alabama Highway Patrol make a show of force near the [bombed Sixteenth Street Baptist] church. The bomb exploded next to the wall and up through the floor of a Sunday school class. Four girls were buried in the bathroom and died
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2012.41
- People
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Danny Lyon, American (Brooklyn, New York born 1942)
- Title
- The morning after the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, heavily armed members of the Alabama Highway Patrol make a show of force near the [bombed Sixteenth Street Baptist] church. The bomb exploded next to the wall and up through the floor of a Sunday school class. Four girls were buried in the bathroom and died
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1963, printed 2010
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/339904
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
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31.9 x 46.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, b.r., in graphite: Danny Lyon
- stamp: Verso, b.r., in graphite and red ink: Printer [over] K [over] BLEAK BEAUTY [over] Picture Date 63 * 10 Print Date
- inscription: Verso, b.l., in graphite: DLC 43
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Anonymous donor, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Copyright
- © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos
- Accession Year
- 2012
- Object Number
- 2012.41
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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