Before The Selby, An Afternoon With and Teenage Bedroom—there was The Nooney Brooklyn Photographs–documenting the homes and interiors of your average Brooklyn family.
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Posts By: Kelly Rakowski
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Miss Iran, 1978
Before the Isamlic revolution of 1979 in Iran, there were the beauty pageants of 1978 in Iran.
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Carlisle Indians
‘Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century ‘ Jim Thorpe got his start on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School team.
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Mascot Mania
Theatrical, spirited, and oversized—what would high school sports be without their Eagles, Bobcats, or Black Knights?
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Looks of ’69
Bellbottoms, beads, bare mid drifts, ginghams, fringe leather vests, long flowing hair–these were the looks of high schoolers, 1969.
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Miss Navajo
This may be the only pageant where contestants are required to know how to butcher a sheep—Miss Navajo.
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Sweatshirt Monster
Classic teenage scene: get your pals together and wear the same look, at the same time, maybe cause a ruckus—Beaver and his friends buy fad “monster” sweatshirts and agree to wear them to school on the same day…
Leave It To Beaver, the ‘Sweatshirt Monsters’ episode.
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DIY Teen
We recently acquired a goldmine of teen-ager cartoons thanks to Ed Halter.
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NAACP Youth
A biased view of young protesters from the archives of Milwaukee’s police officers, “Milwaukee’s Finest.”
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Poster Youth
La Raza Community Centre offered a variety of activities and support for local youth of San Diego during the late 70s–early 80s.