
Teddy girls were working class gals who often left school at 14 or 15, heading straight to careers in offices or factories.
Teddy girls were working class gals who often left school at 14 or 15, heading straight to careers in offices or factories.
The Young Alaskan. All right! Smart, sporty and cold.
In the late 1950s in one of the poorest cities in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) a subculture emerged.
In the spring of 1959 Bruce Davidson met a group of teenagers in Brooklyn who called themselves The Jokers.
“Crew [of teen gang members] is shown in jiffy wagon as they were transported to Adolescent Court.”
Left: ‘A young dandy wearing a formal suit and Top hat, circa 1890’ Right: ‘Conroy Campbell, a pupil at Willesden High school, 1973’
I just rediscovered this book; Stuart Hall and Paul Gilroy put it together in 2007.
Right now Jamie and I are trying to finish the illustrations for our 2012 wall calendar, which is all about walking.
Happy Fourth of July. Enjoy your beaches and barbeques!
It was the early 1950s and young people sported a new look—the look of a Confederate solider.
I’ve been thinking about how teens are often at the forefront of social and political change, and the Civil Rights Movement is a great example.