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
Series: Flickr Faves
Selections from our Flickr pool curated by friends and contributed by you! Upload your vintage teen photos to be featured on the site.
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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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Your School Library
Get smart – use your school library, duh!
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Philly Girls
1980s sass-a-tude! Rows of Philly brick houses and endless summer friendships.
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Thamesmead Teens
In 1976, George Plemper took a position teaching science at a school in Thamesmead, London.
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10 Heavy Facts About Sex
Whoa man! Now this book published in 1975 is some real talk about sex.
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Pinball Wizards
Back in the day arcades were prime teenage gathering places, usually located inside a mall or beachside boardwalk.
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80s Ladies
Young ladies of the 1980s loved RUSH, Pac Man, Mickey Mouse, sk8boarding and short shorts.
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Janina Faye
Rank press photo of Janina Faye in the CinemaScope and Eastman Colour horror film “The Day Of The Triffids” (1962).