Outside, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon, and John O'Neal wait to get in [a Nashville Tic Toc restaurant]

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Outside, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon, and John O'Neal wait to get in [a Nashville Tic Toc restaurant]
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1962, printed 2010
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (22 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 10 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.5 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2016.17.36
Not on view
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Provenance 2016: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer / k [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star] / Picture Date 62 [in pencil] Print Date 10 [in pencil]"
Signature Verso, lower right (pencil): "D Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, upper right (pencil): "DLC 11"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "62"
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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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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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Danny Lyon
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1968 (printed 2011)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.23
Photo by Dave Revette.
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Danny Lyon
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Danny Lyon
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Danny Lyon
Date: 1963, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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