Frank Smith, Bob Moses, and Willie Peacock in Greenwood SNCC Office

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Frank Smith, Bob Moses, and Willie Peacock in Greenwood SNCC Office
Frank Smith, Bob Moses, and Willie Peacock in Greenwood SNCC Office
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.6 × 50.3 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 17 in. (28.6 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, William G. Roehrick '34 Art Acquisition and Preservation Fund
Object number2024.12.2
On view
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Additional Details

Markings Verso, lower right (stamp, black ink with pencil): "Printer / Keith [pencil] / Bleak Beauty / [star symbol] / picture date 1962 [pencil] print date 2024 [pencil]"
Signature Verso, lower left (pencil): "Danny Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, lower center (pencil): "Frank Smith, Bob Moses + / Willie Peacock / Greenwood Miss. / SNCC Office 1962"

Verso, lower left (pencil): "WM.CR.smithmosespeacock.1620.1"

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