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Series Title: Brooklyn Gang

Untitled

1959

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 16.9 x 25.6 cm (6 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.); Mounted: 27.1 x 35 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.726
Copyright
© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

Description

Grammar school P.S. 10 was near the Jokers’ turf, recalled former gang member Bob Powers. “Some of the teachers were cops and correction officers. They let us play basketball and have dances. Although we were a little older, they still let us in because we needed a place to hang out. There were little 45 records like ‘At the Hop’ [released in 1957] and we would dance the Lindy,” which they probably learned from their parents, since it originated in the 1920s and reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s and 1940s.

Untitled

1959

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America

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