Tag Archives: Girls
Edison TV
December 20, 2011 — by
Early motion pictures made by inventor extraordinaire Thomas Edison. See an acrobatic ‘street urchin’ bust some moves. Possibly the earliest recordings of break dancing? Edison also made some ridiculous ‘comedies’—a gaggle of seminary girls having a pillow fight, until the nasty headmistress storms in to silence up the fun. This is 1898 ya’ll.
Punky and Nose Candy
December 12, 2011 — by
I idolized my cousin Merrie when I was a kid. The first time I ever took a plane by myself was to visit her in LA. She lived in Studio City, and she took me out for Sushi. At the time she was working on Full House, so I had the opportunity to be an ice skating extra. I used my wages to buy my first pet rat, Willie. But I digress.
Before Full House, Merrie worked on the iconic children’s program Punky Brewster. I remember going to visit her at the studio with my parents and getting an opportunity to shake Brandon the dog’s hand backstage. He was well trained. I might have even had a brush with a pre-breast reduction Soleil Moon Frye.
Picture Collection: I’ll Be Your Mirror
December 2, 2011 — by
Everyone likes pals who dress alike—including, coincidentally, this contributor from another great blog Rookie about teenagers.
In the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection folders there are many, many noteworthy examples of individual style, but what stood out to me were those who made originality a team sport.
Being a Girl in 1981
November 29, 2011 — by
Ever wondered what it was like to be a teenage girl in 1981? I just came across this recollection on flickr by Solitaire Miles:
“I found this old pic of me from 1981 dressed in my Linda Ronstadt rollerskating wanna-be outfit, right before I went skating with my friends. I was 14 in this pic, and I wasn’t allowed to wear or own a tube top, but I did wear it to skating with a satin baseball jacket over the top, like Linda Ronstadt, and my Mother never knew. The top was loaned to me by my 17 year old baby sitter, who was the scandal of our neighborhood because her mother put her on the pill.
NYPL Picture Collection: Sleepovers
November 25, 2011 — by
The pictures collected here are from the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection, a room full of folders upon folders of pictures. The images are torn from books and magazines, mounted onto thick card stock and cataloged by subject. Amelia will now have a weekly feature sharing her vintage image finds from the Picture Collection—
What is it about all-girl sleepovers that adults find so fascinating?
Sure, it’s that juncture of innocence and awakening. Sure, it’s sugar highs and other highs, too. Sure, it’s secrets. But sleepovers also represent a unique and inimitable intimacy—the kind that few experience in quite the same way past mid or even early teens.
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