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Photo: Tad Merrick, Vermont
Sparky and Cowboy, Schererville, Indiana, from the series The Bikeriders
Photo: Tad Merrick, Vermont

Sparky and Cowboy, Schererville, Indiana, from the series The Bikeriders

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1965-66
Period20th century
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage Size: 8 3/4 x 13 inches
Mat Size: 16 x 20
Object Size: 11 x 14 inches
Credit LineGift of Carl W. Melcher, M.D.
Object number1983.032
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
_Place of OriginSchererville, Indiana, United States, North America
Racer, Scherville, Indiana, from the series The Bikeriders
Racer, Scherville, Indiana, from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1965
Object number: 1983.029
Crossing the Ohio, Louisville from the series The Bikeriders
Crossing the Ohio, Louisville from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1966
Object number: 1983.033
Image Not Available for Route 12, Wisconsin, from the series The Bikeriders
Route 12, Wisconsin, from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 1983.027
Image Not Available for Scrambles Track, McHenry, Illinois, from the series The Bikeriders
Scrambles Track, McHenry, Illinois, from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1966
Object number: 1983.028
Jack, Chicago, from the series The Bikeriders
Jack, Chicago, from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1965–66
Object number: 1983.030
Andy Meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois, from the series The Bikeriders
Andy Meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinois, from the series The Bikeriders
Danny Lyon
1965-66
Object number: 1983.031
Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper from a family of twenty children, evicted from her home for applying to register to vote, severely beaten in the Winona police station, SNCC field secretary from Ruleville, and future Mississippi Freedom Democratic party candidate for Congress, marches in the cold Hattiesburg rain
Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper from a family of twenty children, evicted from her home for applying to register to vote, severely beaten in the Winona police station, SNCC field secretary from Ruleville, and future Mississippi Freedom Democratic party candidate for Congress, marches in the cold Hattiesburg rain
Danny Lyon
1963/printed later
Object number: 2014.138
Photo: Tad Merrick, Vermont
Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper from a family of twenty children, evicted for trying to register, beaten in the Winona jail, SNCC field secretary from Ruleville, and future Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candidate for Congress. Miss Hamer is now recognized as one of the truly extraordinary women of American history.
Danny Lyon
1964
Object number: 2001.010.26
[Road to prison form inside car] Diagnostic Center is a processing for inmates entering prison. Men arrive there from county jails throughout the state. After about a month they are classified and assigned to a unit to begin their sentence from the series Conversations with the Dead
[Road to prison form inside car] Diagnostic Center is a processing for inmates entering prison. Men arrive there from county jails throughout the state. After about a month they are classified and assigned to a unit to begin their sentence from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968–69, printed later
Object number: 2015.154
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work, Ferguson Unit, Texas from the series Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1968
Object number: 1983.038
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted from the court house to the jail house.
Albany, Georgia from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted from the court house to the jail house.
Danny Lyon
1962
Object number: 2001.010.06
Clarksdale, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement The local police force pose for a photograph as ministers from the National Council of Churches march to the local church.
Clarksdale, Mississippi from the series Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The local police force pose for a photograph as ministers from the National Council of Churches march to the local church.
Danny Lyon
1963
Object number: 2001.010.20