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Cold Crush Brothers backstage at Skatin' Palace

Title:
Cold Crush Brothers backstage at Skatin' Palace
Collection:
Joe Conzo Jr. Archive
Creator:
Conzo, Joe, Jr. (American hip hop photographer)
Date:
1981
Location:
Bronx, New York, New York, United States
Country:
United States
Coordinates:
40.862381,-73.8670425
Latitude:
40.862381
Longitude:
"-73.8670425"
Venue 1:
Skatin' Palace
Address 1:
2424 White Plains Road, Bronx NY 10467
Identifier:
JC_00750
Work Type:
black-and-white negatives
Subject:
Hip-hop
Cold Crush Brothers
Description:
The Cold Crush Brothers backstage at Skatin' Palace, 1981. From left, Grandmaster Caz, Joey Mandes (Chase's brother), Charlie Chase, JDL, unknown, Easy AD.
Cite As:
Joe Conzo, Jr. photographs and ephemera, #8091. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Joe Conzo, Jr. photographs and ephemera
Rights:
All images on this site, unless otherwise indicated, were taken by Joe Conzo and are © Cornell University Library and Joe Conzo. The low resolution copies found on this site may be used for non-profit, educational purposes. For other uses, including the use of the images on advertising-supported web sites or for high-resolution copies of the images, please contact for information on licensing.

About the collection

The Cornell Hip Hop Collection is the proud home of the archive of photographer Joe Conzo, Jr., featuring more than 15,000 of his negatives and prints. Called "The man who took Hip-Hop's baby pictures" by the New York Times, Joe Conzo captured images of the South Bronx between 1978 and 1983, including early hip hop jams, street scenes, and Latin music performers and events.