Vintage Photographs of Harlem in the 1970s

[I Lord Justice]

i feel like I would have fit in more back then than now..

Halcyon days of the real nikkas

 

[Dameon Farrow]

smiley potential. I'm tempted.

Edit : Somebody beat me to it! Ya'll stoopid. But repped OP and 5 stars plus daps. Love the pics.

 

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Jack Garofolo (1923-2004) was a photographer for Paris Match magazine in the 1960’s and 70’s. During one trip to the United States in the summer of 1970, Garofalo captured these amazing photographs of Harlem and it’s residents, really exposing the feeling of the neighborhood. When he got back to Paris after spending 6 weeks here, the magazine placed his images on the cover of the October 1970 issue.

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Noticed that street sign.....

 

[MikelArteta]

 

[supanegro]

...... have u ever looked at a pic n fell in love??Breh I would kill a nikka for that bytch. Its the 70s so i kno her mind right..


I wish my pops nutted In her so i coulda swam in that p*ssy

 

[yardman]

...... have u ever looked at a pic n fell in love??Breh I would kill a nikka for that bytch. Its the 70s so i kno her mind right..


I wish my pops nutted In her so i coulda swam in that p*ssy

That would've made her ya moms. You know that right?

 

[yardman]

Back when seeing a woman with a fro wasn't like seeing a unicorn. Back when brothers wouldn't get clowned for wearing dashikis. Back when black consciousness was on the rise

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Negged

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Inspiring pics, i love this shyt.

 

[filial_piety]

these pictures have great color and they're very clear...

Makes me wanna dig out my pops photo albums from the 70s; he would have fit right in.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

The cacs are going to do the same thing in Detroit and years down the line there going to have pictures likes these. Nobody had jobs in Harlem; just like in Detroit, so they could not keep up their neighborhood. Now, all of a sudden the cacs come in with the gentrification; and clean everything up and bring jobs for their people.

Detroit in the 70s
That Black Excellence

Spoiler

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Brehs, it's such a shame what gentrification has done to Harlem. I was driving around through Harlem with my father earlier today, and he was shocked at how much it's changed in the 2 years since he's down south. It's as if Harlem has lost it's essence & flavor. Yes, their are still a lot of black people living there, but it's not the same. Anybody who grew up in the 80's & 90's can attest to that.

 

[Soundbwoy]

these are some nice pictures

 

[Will2x]

Back when Nicky Barnes and Frank Lucas had a struggle hold on the neighborhood. :huhldup2:

 

[ShenJingPoQi]

More pictures please.