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Monthly Archives: February 2014

  • February 27, 2014

    The Shaming of Fanny Hyde

    BY Charles Hailer

    On a January workday in 1872, a seventeen year old woman named Fanny Hyde killed her boss, George Watson.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • February 26, 2014

    The Awkward Years Project

    BY Charles Hailer

    From bowl cuts to braces, not everyone has the coolest teenage years.

    FROM:Show & Tell

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  • February 25, 2014

    How to Jitterbug

    BY Charles Hailer

    If you caught our new clip on USA Today’s Pop Candy and wondered how to pull off some of those dance moves: the folks at Metro Goldwyn Mayer have you covered with their Groovie Movie (1944), an occasionally awkward, but physically impressive, instructional video that packs in a lot of historical speculation, outrageous dance moves and blazing swing music as it races towards a truly gonzo-fun conclusion.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • February 21, 2014

    Do the Stroll

    BY Charles Hailer

    The teen dance craze called “The Stroll” was given it’s titular anthem by Canadian vocal group The Diamonds in 1957 with slithering saxophones and a slow walking beat.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • February 20, 2014

    Teenager’s Weekly in Australia

    BY Charles Hailer

    Australia’s Women’s Weekly magazine had been turning out issues for twenty-six years by the time they answered rising fears of teen delinquency and and the cultural impact of rock-n-roll.

    FROM:Teen Reads

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  • February 14, 2014

    Dreamin’ Wild

    BY Charles Hailer

    Don’t let the cheesy Osmond Family style cover fool you, the music contained within Donnie and Joe Emerson’s only LP is the kind of haunted obscurity that hipsters and record freaks live for.

    FROM:Freak Party

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  • February 13, 2014

    Shirley Temple’s Teenage Years

    BY Charles Hailer

    When you mention Shirley Temple you will invariably recall that iconic, perennially smiling, dimpled face wreathed in golden curls.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • February 8, 2014

    What We Wore

    BY Eve Dawoud

    Initiated by photographer Nina Manandhar and the team at ISYS ARCHIVE, the What We Wore project is creating a people’s style history of Britain from 1950-2010.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • February 1, 2014

    Meet the 12 O’Clock Boys

    BY Lucas Habte

    The 12 O’Clock Boys are Baltimore’s own renegade teenage dirt-bike crew.

    FROM:Youth Happenings

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