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Posts By: Kelly Rakowski

  • June 5, 2012

    Vieva Wonder, age 13

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Take a glimpse into the life of a Johnstown, PA teenager from 1930-1932 – inside the scrapbook of Vieva Wonder (best name!)

    FROM:Dear Diary

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  • June 1, 2012

    Pinball Wizards

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Back in the day arcades were prime teenage gathering places, usually located inside a mall or beachside boardwalk.

    FROM:Flickr Faves

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  • May 25, 2012

    Brooke Shields, She’s a Beautiful Doll

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    ‘You can pose her and pretend she’s a teenage star!’

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • May 18, 2012

    Victory Youth Farmers

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Homegrown WWII propaganda inviting young people to farm for victory.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • May 17, 2012

    80s Ladies

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Young ladies of the 1980s loved RUSH, Pac Man, Mickey Mouse, sk8boarding and short shorts.

    FROM:Flickr Faves

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  • May 11, 2012

    Tip it, Frosh!

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Syracuse University has archived the unsavory life of a SU Freshmen.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • May 3, 2012

    Ghostwriter Stylin’

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    90s fashion—you know you love(d) it! Ghostwriter was my favorite PBS show when I was 15.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • April 27, 2012

    40’s Footwear

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Bobby socks & saddle shoes—a detailed study of high school students’ footwear at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • April 26, 2012

    Sk8r Boys

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Parents just don’t understand skateboarders. Photographer Ryan Young documents skaters traveling across America in search of unexpected places to ride, from subdivisions to seaside half pipes.

    FROM:Youth Happenings

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  • April 20, 2012

    My Daguerreotype Teenager

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    The daguerrotype was the first commercially successful photographic process that immortalized many types at the turn of the century.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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