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[Javier Escobedo photograph album of lowrider culture in the San Francisco Bay Area].
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[Javier Escobedo photograph album of lowrider culture in the San Francisco Bay Area]Creator/Contributor:
Escobedo, Javier, creator, creator.Abstract:
Photograph album of snapshots documenting lowrider cars; shows and competitions pertaining to lowrider culture, chiefly in
the southern San Francisco Bay Area; and the Mexican American milieu of the album's compiler, Javier Escobedo, then a teenager
living in Gilroy. A few images depict artwork pertaining to a Ranflas car club. Also includes miscellaneous snapshots depicting
Javier, his friends and family members; portraits of high school couples taken at dance events associated with Gilroy High
School; a few school portraits from earlier in Javier's childhood; miscellaneous ephemera (ticket stubs to lowrider events;
and announcements pertaining to Gilroy High School dances and a quinceañera celebration); a few pieces of correspondence addressed
to Javier from a young woman pen pal; an illustrated letter from a family member; and a graffiti sketch.
Date:
1985 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLowriders -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
Automobiles -- Customizing -- California -- Photographs
Mexican Americans -- California -- Gilroy -- Photographs
Mexican American families -- California -- Gilroy -- Photographs
Gilroy High School (Gilroy, Calif.).
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Compiled by Javier Escobedo.
Album disbound for ease of access. Original generic binder discarded; album leaves kept intact.
Also includes a small amount of correspondence, ephemera and original art.
All correspondence, captions and other hand-written text in English.
Purchase from Johnson Rare Books and Archives ; 2023.
Javier Escobedo photograph album of lowrider culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, BANC PIC 2024.037, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Portraits.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 200 photographs in 1 box : chiefly color prints ; sheets various sizes
Language:
English