Long before the Myspace and “duck face” rose to prominence, teen girls with cameras were already taking photos of themselves and sending them to loved ones.
Posts Tagged: 1910s
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Denver Teen Street Fashion, 1904-1920
Colorado at the turn of the century — the heart of the Wild West, full of cowboys, hustlers, vigilantes, sharpshooters, saloons and people filled with the ruggedness and mettle necessary to survive.
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Girl Scouts, 1918
Margaret and Dorothy star in the Girl Scouts propaganda/silent film ‘The Golden Eaglet’ released in 1918, soon after WWI.
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Young Miners
These sorrowful photographs by Lewis Hine show the work life of young boys during a time when child labor was exploited.
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Manual High Makers
The students at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado studied more than just reading and writing.
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War Garden Girls
The National War Garden Commission was an American effort in 1917 to “grow your own” in a time of limited food production.
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Teens at Work
Boston, Massachusetts. Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street.
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The Cottingley Fairies
In 1917 two young cousins from Cottingley, England, borrowed a camera and set off into the countryside.
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Hannah and Her Friends
A portrait of Hannah’s gym class in Woltmershausen, Bremen, Germany, 1925.
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Wandering Birds
Jon Savage recently wrote a fascinating article for Vice on the Wandervogel and German youth gangs in the 1930s.