Box 12

Cold Crush performance at South Bronx High School in 1980 with additional pictures of the Treacherous 3, Kool Moe Dee, Cracker Jack of the Casanova Crew, and King. A photograph from this show was used (without permission) in the film CB4.

Cold Crush performing at the 1980 South Bronx High School prom. Joe Conzo, Easy A.D., and Tony Tone attended South Bronx HS; this was Joe's prom.

Joe Conzo, Cold Crush Brothers, Nana (Tony Tone's cousin), King (Tony Tone's brother), Money Ray, and [Kool Moe Dee], driving upstate in Tony Tone's van. Joe claims that Kool Moe Dee was not present in the van, so we are waiting for identification on the last individual.

Cold Crush performance at the Skatin' Palace in 1981.

Cold Crush backstage at the Skatin' Palace, 1981.

Shots of Cold Crush performing and some shots of b-boy Loose Bruce dancing. Before Cold Crush J.D.L. and Grand Master Caz performed together as the Notorious Two. There are several silhouette shots of Caz and J.D.L. together in this group, and though this is a Cold Crush performance, Joe Conzo refers to these photos in this group as shots of the Notorious Two.

Charlie Chase, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grand Mixer DST at the Kips Bay Boys Club, 1981.

Collection includes photographic film negatives, 4x6 and 8x10 prints, proof and contact sheets, large format finished prints, and associated ephemera. Many of the images have been digitized and arrived on hard drives.

Collection includes photographic film negatives, 4x6 and 8x10 prints, proof and contact sheets, large format finished prints, and associated ephemera. Many of the images have been digitized and arrived on hard drives.

This group of photos is a very detailed recording of the 1981 performance of Cold Crush at Harlem World. Shots from this show are identifiable because of the use of a smoke machine onstage.