Demonstrations at an "All-White" Swimming Pool in Cairo, Illinois

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Photo by Dave Revette.
Demonstrations at an "All-White" Swimming Pool in Cairo, Illinois
Photo by Dave Revette.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1962 (printed 2010)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (22.2 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2014.7.17
Not on view
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Provenance 2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer U [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 1962 / Print Date 2010"
Signature Verso (pencil): "D Lyon"
Pool hall, Illinois
Pool hall, Illinois
Arthur Rothstein
Date: 1940 (printed later)
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.120
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Two hundred Negroes, mostly teenagers, were arrested after police broke up a noisy racial demonstration in the lobby of the First National Bank. The demonstrators were arrested when they sat down on the floor of the bank lobby. The protest was against alleged employment discrimination by the bank, East St. Louis, Illinois.
Bettmann Archive
Date: August 15, 1963
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.260
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Date: August 18, 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.270
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
House on a Bluff, Olympia Fields, Illinois
Richard Nickel
Date: 1964
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.5.4
Unemployed mine worker, Bush, Illinois
Unemployed mine worker, Bush, Illinois
Arthur Rothstein
Date: 1939 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.125
View of blast furnaces at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
View of blast furnaces at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Fred Korth
Date: c. 1940
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.73
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago police take charge of a heckler as civil rights marchers leave Cicero and re-enter Chicago, Illinois.
Date: September 4, 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2022.15.261
Flames of Anger: street scene of a two fire men fighting a fire with hoses during a Riot in Chicago, Illinois
Flames of Anger: street scene of a two fire men fighting a fire with hoses during a Riot in Chicago, Illinois
Date: April 7, 1968
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.273
© Walter Iooss. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, …
Michael Jordan, Lisle, Illinois
Walter Iooss
Date: July 1987, printed c. 2014
Medium: Inkjet print
Object number: 2016.19.8
© Walter Iooss. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, …
Michael Jordan, Highland Park, Illinois
Walter Iooss
Date: March 1998, printed c. 2014
Medium: Inkjet print
Object number: 2016.19.7
Illinois National Guard troops stand on a Chicago street in area where violent disturbances have caused death and injury the last three nights, July 15, 1966. Governor Otto Kerner called up 3,000 National Guard troops today in an attempt to halt the strife on Chicago's West Side
Illinois National Guard troops stand on a Chicago street in area where violent disturbances have caused death and injury the last three nights, July 15, 1966. Governor Otto Kerner called up 3,000 National Guard troops today in an attempt to halt the strife on Chicago's West Side
Date: July 17, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.269
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Date: July 15, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.274