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Cairo, IL by Danny Lyon — VisualArtsDB

Cairo, IL

Cairo, IL

1962–1964

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 30.3 × 25.1 cm (11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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