Pictures gone from finder

I have made the photos icon disappear in a puff of smoke.
I could not 'undo' this move. It is gone from the finder window.
I was dragging it down into the dock, and then it disappered.
Does anyone know how to get it back into finder
Thank you.

Hi David!
The icons in the Sidebar, and also in the Dock, are merely Aliases, or Shortcuts, to the original folder or application, which is not affected, by the action of dragging off.
When you drag them off as you did, they will disappear, as you have seen.
The method that roam has posted will work to replace the Alias icon in the Sidebar.
When you drag the folder from your Home folder to the Sidebar, you must position it below the separator bar.
To put an Alias icon in the Dock, you can also open the folder where the application or folder resides, and position the cursor on the item, hold down on the mouse, drag the item to the Dock, and release the pressure on the mouse.
If the item is a folder, like your Pictures folder, drag it to the right of the separator bar.
If the item is an application, drag it to the left of the separator bar.
Good Luck!
ali b

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