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Monthly Archives: November 2013

  • November 27, 2013

    The Birth of Skateboarding

    BY Lucas Habte

    Legend has it that skateboarding was born sometime in the mid 1940s when some inventive Californian teenagers tried to figure out a way to surf when the waves weren’t big enough.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • November 14, 2013

    ‘I Am 13 Years Old Today’: Iowan Teen Diaries, 1872-1884

    BY Lucas Habte

    Teens and diaries have gone hand in hand much longer than you may think — the following excepts are from the journals of young people from Iowa in the years leading up to the turn of the 20th century.

    FROM:Dear Diary

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  • November 13, 2013

    Denver Teen Street Fashion, 1904-1920

    BY Lucas Habte

    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.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • November 8, 2013

    90s Hip-Hop on BET Teen Summit

    BY Lucas Habte

    The BET Teen Summit was a TV show for teenagers on air from 1989 to 2002 that combined a talk show where teens discussed everyday issues with live performances from up and coming hip-hop and R&B groups.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • November 7, 2013

    Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen’s Youth Underground HQ, 1982-2007

    BY Lucas Habte

    For 25 years, Ungdomshuset (literally “Youth House”) was a youth center, major underground music venue, radical leftist political space, and squatters’ home in Copenhagen.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • November 6, 2013

    Anna May Wong

    BY Claire Lucido

    Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American movie star.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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