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[Lou Dematteis photographs of San Francisco lowrider culture].
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Title:
[Lou Dematteis photographs of San Francisco lowrider culture]Creator/Contributor:
Dematteis, Lou, creator, photographer.Abstract:
Portfolio of photographs documenting the Chicano lowrider culture of San Francisco's Mission District in the late 1970s and
early 1980s, particularly scenes of nightlife depicting cars and riders on Mission Street and at La Raza Park. Also documented
is police activity directed at lowriders, with many scenes of searches and arrests. Many images from this portfolio are reproduced
in Dematteis' book Lowriders: San Francisco 1979-1980.
Date:
1979 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMexican Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Lowriders -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Nightlife -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Voitures surbaissées -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Vie nocturne -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Lowriders
Mexican Americans
Nightlife
Police
Mission District (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs
Mission Street (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Mission District
California -- San Francisco -- Mission Street
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Back of each print bears label with printed caption and photographer's signature in ink.
Accompanied by photographer's statement and caption list, foldered separately (AX folder 1).
Purchase from Lou Dematteis ; 2022.
Lou Dematteis photographs of San Francisco lowrider culture, BANC PIC 2023.048, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs
Digital prints.
Physical Description:
photoprint
40 photographs in 4 folders : black & white digital prints ; sheets 51 x 41 cm or smaller
1 thumb drive
Language:
English