1955, A member of a teenage girl gang lying in bed smoking a cigarette.
1955, Two members of a teenage girl gang looking at a cinema poster starring one of their movie heroes.
1955, A member of a teenage girl gang consulting members of a boys' gang on a burglary project, in order to finance parties, cinema-going and cars.
1955, Members of a teenage girl gang and their boyfriends give a new girl the once over to see if she will make a good recruit for the gang.
1955, Members of a teenage girl gang convincing an unwilling recruit to join the gang.
1955, Members of a teenage girl gang take time off from terrorising the neighbourhood to spend a romantic evening with their boyfriends.
All photos by Vecchio.
absolutely fantastic! are the captions original?
ReplyDeletereminds me a bit of Bruce Davidson's "Brooklyn Gang" series, except with a cartoonish bent.
This is great, have you seen Ken Russell's' shoot of the 50's Teddy Girls?
ReplyDeletegreat photos ~ reminds me to read my favourite girlgang book Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates (was amde into a sub-par film starring angelina jolie, but the book is soooo much better,
ReplyDeleteKaty- Yeah, these are the original captions. I love Bruce Davidson!
ReplyDeleteBecka- I haven't seen it. Are they online somewhere?
The original website is gone, but try this link
ReplyDeletehttp://www.itsdeadlicious.com/2007/06/ken-russels-teddy-girls.html
Laura, where were these photos shot?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fabulous day, but I have an everlonging desire to trade my romance and pedal-pushers for cocaine and hookers.
ReplyDeletePearsall, I have no idea where these were shot! I tried researching and haven't come up with anything yet.
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