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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Lowrider magazine collection
Creator:
Lowrider Publishing Group
Creator:
B.I.G. Publishing Ltd.
Creator:
Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.
Identifier/Call Number: 0589
Physical Description:
2.15 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1977-2003
Abstract: A collection of 56 issues of
Lowrider magazine, along with three issues of
Q-VO: A National Lowrider's Magazine -- all spanning from 1977 to 2003. The three issues of
Q-VO--published by Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.--consist of vol. 1, no. 4 (August 1979); vol.
1, no. 6 (October 1979); and vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1981). The 56 issues of
Lowrider magazine, along with its variations and offshoots, begin at vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1977) and end at vol. 25, no. 12 (December
2003).
Lowrider magazine's other titles and offshoot publications represented in the collection include
Lowrider Arte (one issue),
Lowrider Euro (one issue),
Lowrider Bicycle (four issues),
Lowrider Classics (one issue), and
Street Customs (three issues). This collection does not contain a full run of any of these titles. The various
Lowrider magazines in this collection were published by A.T.M. Communications, Inc.; McMullen Argus Publishing; Lowrider Publishing
Group, Inc.; B.I.G. Publishing Ltd.; and other entities all based in California.
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
A collection of 56 issues of
Lowrider magazine, along with three issues of
Q-VO: A National Lowrider's Magazine -- all spanning from 1977 to 2003. The three issues of
Q-VO--published by Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.--consist of vol. 1, no. 4 (August 1979); vol.
1, no. 6 (October 1979); and vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1981). The 56 issues of
Lowrider magazine, along with its variations and offshoots, begin at vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1977) and end at vol. 25, no. 12 (December
2003).
Lowrider magazine's other titles and offshoot publications represented in the collection include
Lowrider Arte (one issue),
Lowrider Euro (one issue),
Lowrider Bicycle (four issues),
Lowrider Classics (one issue), and
Street Customs (three issues). This collection does not contain a full run of any of these titles. The various
Lowrider magazines were published by A.T.M. Communications, Inc.; McMullen Argus Publishing; Lowrider Publishing Group, Inc.; B.I.G.
Publishing Ltd.; and other entities all based in California.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Lowrider magazine collection, Collection no. 0589, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American
Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bolerium Books, January 2, 2008.
Teen Angels magazine collection, Collection no. 0588, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Mexican Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Lowriders -- Archival resources
Motor vehicles -- Design and construction -- Periodicals
Popular culture -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Magazines (periodicals)
B.I.G. Publishing Ltd. -- Periodicals
Lowrider Publishing Group -- Periodicals
Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc. -- Periodicals