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Breakdance photographs

 Collection — manuscript box: 89 - Folder 1
Identifier: 8141

Content Description

Collection of 34 black-and-white silver gelatin prints of amateur and professional breakdancers in New York, North Carolina, Connecticut, Miami, Houston, and across the United States. Many of the photographs are annotated on verso, with printed instructions, dates, and pull quotes. The collection offers a glimpse at early breaking across the United States, particularly highlighting its popularity amongst children and adolescents, oftentimes battling in their school gyms and auditoriums.

Dates

  • 1980 - 1985

Extent

34 items.

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

34 photographs of amateur and professional breakdancers in New York, North Carolina, Connecticut, Miami, Houston, and across the United States.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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