Mexican American flappers standing in a park somewhere in Southern California, 1925.
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Posts Tagged: 1920s
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Jon Savage Presents: Teenage Reads
Working on your summer reading list? Jon Savage, author of Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture 1875-1945, the book that Teenage film is based, presents his teen-centric recommends — I read hundreds of books by and about teenagers for the “Teenage” book and these are among my favourites:
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Bathing Buds
Sweetest swimsuits you ever saw! Photographer Harry Mellon Rhoads set up a beachside photo studio to capture bathers in their expressive costumes.
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Hannah and Her Friends
A portrait of Hannah’s gym class in Woltmershausen, Bremen, Germany, 1925.
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Industrial High
Future teachers and homemakers looking smart for their class portrait in oversize bows and skinny neckties.
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Teams, Duos & Loners
Here are select pics from the newest additions to the Teenage film flickr group.
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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.
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Dutch High
Follow a Dutch high school through ninety years of existence.
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Meow Wow
Hector & Eric Meow to Lillian & Muriel’s Wow.
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Been Caught
Vera Purcell led a group of two other teenage girls, aged 14 and 17, who stole a large quantity of clothing from a Darlinghurst house.