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Box 1

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Contains 10 Results:

Chicago gangs’ activity related newspaper articles, 1976 - 1978

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper printed, group photos of various gangs, such as the Latin Eagles, Gaylords, Latin Panther and Holstein Park, The Spanish Cobras, and more.

Dates: 1976 - 1978

Gaylord-Lawndale & Altgeld section, Photo Album

 File — Box: 1, Volume: Unknown
Scope and Contents

Includes mural-tag artwork on both inside covers.

Dates: 1970 - 1980

Gaylords-Lawndale & Altgeld section, Album of Newspaper Clippings, 1975 - 1978

 File — Box: 1, Volume: Unknown
Scope and Contents

Includes mural-tag artwork on both inside covers.

Dates: 1975 - 1978

Noble Knights- Cicero Section, Album of Photos and Newspaper Clippings

 File — Box: 1, Volume: Unknown
Scope and Contents

Includes photos from Noble Knights Club House, collector's home, on the street, murals, and cars.

Dates: 1970 - 1980

Photograph of Latin King gang in Humbolt Park Area, Chicago., 1979, May 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Playground at Lowell school near beach and Spaulding. Chicago Sun-Times.

Dates: 1979, May 24

Photographs of gang members, graffiti murals, and street corners, Late 1970s-Early 1980s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

50 color photos of gang members (10 of them, polaroid photos); 38 color photos of gang graffiti murals and street corners.

Dates: Late 1970s-Early 1980s

Funeral cards, 1985 - 2007

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and content From the Collection: The Chicago street gang collection documents the activities of the Chicago Gaylords (or Almighty Gaylords) (1953- ), as well as other Chicago street groups, such as the Noble Knights and the Simon City Royals, dating from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, when the Gaylords were most active. The collection contains two photograph albums, both including tags and artwork on the inside covers, an album of newspaper clippings about gang-related news, loose color photographs, and newspaper...
Dates: 1985 - 2007

Mural Artwork, Chicago Star Police magazine, and other documents, 1976 - 1978

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes a Chicago Street Gang typed list of 79 gang groups. The magazine has a street gang puzzle on the back page. Mural Artworks are mainly pen/pencil drawings. A photo by Jim Frost (Chicago Sun-Times), taken in the Humboldt Park area, shows Latin Kings’ Mural tag. This photo is oversized.

Dates: 1976 - 1978

Scott, Michael. Lords of Lawndale: My Life in a Chicago White Street Gang. Bloomington, Ind.: Author House, 2008., 2005

 File — Box: 1, Volume: Unknown
Scope and Contents

Book inscribed with signatures, tags and messages by gang members.

Dates: 2005

Scott, Michael. Lords of Of Kilbourn. Wasteland Press, 2008., 2008

 File — Box: 1, Volume: Unknown
Scope and Contents

Includes writer's inscription.

Dates: 2008