Brooklyn Public Librarian Ben Gocker recently shared this series of drawings made by students at Manual Training High School for their literary-art publication, Prospect.
High School Illustrated
Series: Archive Fever
Visual essays, photos, and ephemera from youth cultures.
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Co-ed Prom
Co-ed proms (women only) were not uncommon in the 1920s, often the big social event of the season.
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Young Alaskan
The Young Alaskan. All right! Smart, sporty and cold.
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American Classroom
University of Virginia, Humanities Classroom, Charlottesville, VA 1986.
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The Stepney School Strike of 1971
Chris Searle, a beloved student-teacher, was fired from his teaching job after publishing a book of poems entitled ‘Stepney Words’ written by his pupils.
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Kate Moss, 15
In 1990 The Face magazine commissioned young photographer Corinne Day for a fashion shoot.
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Terrifying! Gangs! of England!
Hells Angels (of the British variety) are also known as ‘The Grease’.
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Farm Girls
Mexican girls, carrot workers, Edinburg, Texas. 1939
A spectrum of farm girls—from the 4-H farm lifestyle to young migrant workers in the fields, just trying to deal—during the Great Depression.
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Chicana Flappers
Mexican American flappers standing in a park somewhere in Southern California, 1925.
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The Cottingley Fairies
In 1917 two young cousins from Cottingley, England, borrowed a camera and set off into the countryside.