[CIVIL RIGHTS - SNCC] LYON, Danny, photographer. Is He Protecting You? Atlanta, GA: Lincoln Lithograph Company, [ca 1963-1964].
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$2,540
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[CIVIL RIGHTS - SNCC] LYON, Danny, photographer. Is He Protecting You? Atlanta, GA: Lincoln Lithograph Company, [ca 1963-1964].
14 x 22 in. poster with halftone image background and bolt white title.
Part of a series of 5 posters produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee featuring photography by Danny Lyon (b. 1942), this poster depicts a Mississippi highway patrolman standing with his arms crossed. The original photograph taken in 1962 was titled, in part, "Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi." Photographer's credit printed to lower right, lithographer's credit to lower left.
Part of a series of 5 posters produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee featuring photography by Danny Lyon (b. 1942), this poster depicts a Mississippi highway patrolman standing with his arms crossed. The original photograph taken in 1962 was titled, in part, "Waiting for James Meredith, the First African American to Register at the University of Mississippi." Photographer's credit printed to lower right, lithographer's credit to lower left.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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