Cholos, White Fence, East Los Angeles – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Cholos, White Fence, East Los Angeles in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cholos, White Fence, East Los Angeles
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What sets this 1986 gelatin silver print apart is its title, which names both a style and a neighborhood institution: "cholos" refers to a Mexican American youth identity in Los Angeles, and White Fence was one of the long-running street gangs in East Los Angeles. The Library of Congress catalogs the picture under family and domestic life, a pairing that asks viewers to see the people in it as households and neighbors rather than only as a gang or a stereotype. Photographs of Chicano communities in Los Angeles during the 1980s often sought this kind of context, so the image is worth reading as documentation of everyday life in a neighborhood that was frequently portrayed from the outside.
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1986 |
| Subjects | Families--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. Domestic life--California--Los Angeles--1980-1990. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,747 × 4,676 px · prints to 19 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225297 |
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