Welcome to “Sur” (South, So.Calif). These photographs are of Chicano “placos” (wall writing) painted mostly in the 1970s by gang members.
LA Placos, 1970s
Posts By: Kelly Rakowski
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Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid, born William Henry McCarty Jr.
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Young Elvis
Elvis fans are aflutter over his thirteen year old boy signature.
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Cats and Dogs
A boy with his cat, a boy with his dog.
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Happy Campers
The Center for Jewish History‘s photostream is overflowing with camp pics of teenagers chilling at various summer camps—dancing the hora, shooting arrows, and floating downstream.
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Strong Men
Spot the weight lifters of Ritzville High School in small town Ritzville, Washingonton.
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Water Carnival
News-worthy pics of teenaged Lummi Indians participating in the 17th Annual ‘Stommish Celebration’ in Gooseberry Point, WA in 1962.
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Footballers, 1938
Portrait of the footballer as a young man.
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Studious & Crafty
Solemn class portraits from young adults c. 1900s in Kentucky, reading, writing, arithmetic, knitting and embroidery.
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I Don’t Like Beer
Pre-teen punk machine! Astonishing 8 year old Venus DeBaun was featured in this 1982 Dutch documentary on the So.