Segregated Drinking Fountains in the County Courthouse in Albany, Georgia

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Segregated Drinking Fountains in the County Courthouse in Albany, Georgia
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1962, printed 2010
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32.7 × 22.1 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2015.11.13
Not on view
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Additional Details

Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
Markings Stamp: "Printer K [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / Picture Date 62 [in pencil] / Print Date 2010 [in pencil]" on verso in red ink.
Published References Illustrated: Danny Lyon, Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992), p. 31.
Signature Signed "D Lyon" on verso at lower center in pencil.
Inscribed "DLC07" on verso at upper right in pencil.
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Danny Lyon
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
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Another Day, Another Confrontation: A large crowd of demonstrators is stopped by a thin line of county police as they attempted to march to the courthouse. They were halted by Sheriff Jim Clark and told they could proceed on an individual basis if they had voter registration business there. City police later replaced the sheriff's men. A contingent of state police stands ready in foreground.
Date: March 15, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Danny Lyon
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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