Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Lyon, Danny |
Title |
Seventeenth Annual World's Largest Motorcycle Blessing, St. Christopher's Shrine, Midlothian, Illinois |
Date |
1965/ / |
Year Range from |
1965 |
Year Range to |
1965 |
Medium |
Vintage gelatin silver print |
Dimensions |
H-14 W-11 inches |
Accession Number |
2009.7.14 |
Department |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
Description |
Vintage gelatin silver print captured in 1965 and reprinted by the artist's studio in 2006. Black and white photograph of a crowd of people, some on bikes, some on their feet watching the 17th Annual World's Largest Motorcycle Blessin, St. Christopher's Shrine, Midlothian, Illinois. There is a man in the middleground reading a document held by a women, both are on the bike. At left a priest passes out documents, dressed in traditional garb. There are three American flags right center in the background. |
Credit line |
George Stephanopoulos |
Search Terms |
1960s 1965 20th Century American Bikers Black and White Black and White Photography Blessing Crowd Documentary Photography Gelatin Silver Print Illinois Motorcycles Other People's Parties Photography Priest Sunglasses The Bikeriders |