ZODIAC THRILLER 1950s birth of the teenagerTumblr (3.0; @zodiacthriller)http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq0l1tcLY1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Marvin Packer and Jean Hofstetter, at the Black and White Formal, April 6, 1951. Oglethorpe University, in Atlanta, Georgia.</p> <p>source: <a href="http://cdm265801.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p265801coll4/id/14/rec/4" target="_blank">oglethorpe-university</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16865718142http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16865718142Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:34:11 -05001951freshmen ballformal1950steenager<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypzhd38671r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Four football players jumping, Howard University, ca. 1940s.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/at-play" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16865015724http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16865015724Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:10:25 -0500american footballhoward university1940steenagers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypyycCF9K1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> ’Mary Brown’s party’ in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in June 1958.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/house-party/" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864690055http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864690055Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:59:00 -0500african americanparty1950s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypyslFASe1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo by Grey Villet, Life Magazine, 1958.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/teen-talk" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864597844http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864597844Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:55:33 -0500teenagergirl1950sphone<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypyrdPJvj1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo by Grey Villet, Life Magazine, 1958.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/teen-talk" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864577849http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864577849Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:54:50 -0500life magazine1950sphonegirl<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypyjgWxzs1r3tqrko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>‘Battle garb-Hiding face, unidentified Borough Park teenager displays ‘uniform’ of black leather jacket, ‘gaucho’ belt with heavy buckle which can be used as a weapon, tight jeans, and buckle-type boots. Brooklyn Eagle, Mar. 11, 1954.’</p> <p>Gangs of Brooklyn</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/threads-ahead/gangs-of-brooklyn/" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864449800http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864449800Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:50:04 -0500brooklyngangs1950steenager<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypy5kfm7B1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Ready for a frolic, a pretty teenager from Webster Groves, Missouri, makes her entrance in rag hair-curlers and her father’s oversized pajamas.’ 1943</p> <p>NY Public Library Picture Collection</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-sleepovers" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864229593http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864229593Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:41:43 -05001940steenagerpajamas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypy29nMtQ1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pajama party, 1963 by Henry Grossman. NY Public Library Picture Collection</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-sleepovers" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864177071http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864177071Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:39:45 -05001960steenagersleepoverhenry grossman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypxupKkB71r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Couple of Bamako, Mali, in early-mid 1950s. </p> <p>Photo by Seydou Kita</p> <div>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/threads-ahead/keitas-couples/" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></div>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864054932http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16864054932Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:35:13 -0500seydou kitaafrican american1950smali<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypus1yQUc1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Couple of Bamako, Mali, in early-mid 1950s. </p> <p>Photo by Seydou Kita</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/threads-ahead/keitas-couples/" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862471266http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862471266Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:28:49 -0500seydou kitaafrican american1950smali<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypuppsE191r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Couple of Bamako, Mali, in early-mid 1950s. </p> <p>Photo by Seydou Kita</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/threads-ahead/keitas-couples/" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862440598http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862440598Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:27:25 -0500seydou kitaafrican american1950smali<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypuk2FeXA1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘At a party, teen-agers of the sounds twins(?), set munch doughnuts and sip cokes whatever they..’</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-mom-im-starving" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862366897http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862366897Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:24:02 -05001950steenagerdonuts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypug0MYOM1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Teenagers in a milkshake bar, 1950s. NY Public Library Picture Collection.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-mom-im-starving" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862314171http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862314171Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:21:36 -05001950steenagermilkshake bar<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypubcJftP1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1940s teenagers eating, from NY Public Library Picture Collection</p> <p>source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-mom-im-starving" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862252271http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862252271Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:18:48 -05001940steenagereating<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypu5ogFjY1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Teenagers in the 1940s, from the NY Public Library Picture Collection</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-mom-im-starving" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862179178http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862179178Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:15:00 -05001940steenager<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypu2mlWW31r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Cooks and bidders eating pic and box supper. Breathill County, Kentucky, 1940, by Marion Post Walcott.’</p> <p>NY Public Library Picture Collection</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://teenagefilm.com/archives/archive-fever/nypl-picture-collection-mom-im-starving" target="_blank">teenagefilm</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862139548http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16862139548Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:13:32 -0500marion post walcott1940steenagerseating<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyptc1qOCr1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘African Americans dancing to the jukebox at the Harlem Cafe in Greenville, S.C., 1956.’</p> <p>Image by Margaret Bourke-White</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://jezebel.com/5099377/the-way-we-were-life-magazine-photos-of-women-in-the-1950s" target="_blank">Jezebel</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861775083http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861775083Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:57:00 -0500african americanjukeboxsouth carolina19561950steenager<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypta8JDAW1r3tqrko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Seven African American teens walking the steps to the school, while the white students are watching on during the demonstration regarding school integration, 1956.’</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://jezebel.com/5099377/the-way-we-were-life-magazine-photos-of-women-in-the-1950s" target="_blank">Jezebel</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861751867http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861751867Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:56:00 -0500african american integration1950s1956racismteenager<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypstfZkkK1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brooklyn Teenagers 1950s, by Bruce Davidson</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/01/photos-emerge-of-teen-gang-life-in-1950s-brooklyn" target="_blank">Complex</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861543752http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861543752Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:46:00 -0500brooklynbruce davidson1950steenager<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypsu8YiOB1r3tqrko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brooklyn Teenagers 1950s, by Bruce Davidson</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/01/photos-emerge-of-teen-gang-life-in-1950s-brooklyn" target="_blank">Complex</a></p>http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861553173http://zodiacthriller.tumblr.com/post/16861553173Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:46:00 -0500brooklynbruce davidson1950steenager