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Series: Archive Fever

Visual essays, photos, and ephemera from youth cultures.

  • November 14, 2011

    Senior Who Snaps

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Who’s Who and Senior Snapshots from the Class of 1926 at Duvall High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

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  • November 9, 2011

    Photobooth Friends

    BY Abigail Wilson

    Before the days of digital scanners and ID chips, getting a valid passport was down to producing a tiny 2″ x 2″ image of yourself.

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  • November 3, 2011

    Eastender Mash Up

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Kids in the streets of London—looking good, hanging out, shouting declarations, singing songs, marching in support, and celebrating Royals.

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  • October 27, 2011

    Dionne Quints

    BY Amelia Stein

    Tough times in a tiny town, circa 1934: a woman named Elzire Dionne gives birth to the world’s first known quintuplets near the village of Corbeil in Ontario, Canada.

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  • October 26, 2011

    Second Ward Summer

    BY Amelia Stein

    In the hot summer of 1972, photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon was taking pictures in South El Paso’s Second Ward.

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  • October 24, 2011

    Fan Mail

    BY Teenage Editor

    In 1998, Quentin Tarantino received a letter from a 14-year-old aspiring film-maker named Richard.  

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  • October 21, 2011

    Hands On

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Vocational high school is no vacation. Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School students in Baltimore, Maryland learn everything hands on.

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  • October 20, 2011

    Team Sports

    BY Abigail Wilson

    At some point over your high school years you’re likely to end up in a sports team.

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  • October 14, 2011

    Unwrinkled Celebs

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    When They Were Young is a glossy tumblr of celebrity pics pre-fame… and botox.

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  • October 10, 2011

    Save The Last Dance

    BY Kelly Rakowski

    Before the twist, the running man, and the grind—guys and girls danced to formal orchestras and lined up dance partners days in advance.

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