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JDL of the Cold Crush Brothers at Harlem World

Title:
JDL of the Cold Crush Brothers at Harlem World
Collection:
Joe Conzo Jr. Archive
Creator:
Conzo, Joe, Jr. (American hip hop photographer)
Date:
ca. 1982-1983
Location:
Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Country:
United States
Coordinates:
40.8025414,-73.9494715
Latitude:
40.8025414
Longitude:
"-73.9494715"
Venue 1:
Harlem World
Address 1:
129 Lenox Ave., New York NY, 10026
Identifier:
JC_00048
Event Name:
Treacherous Three Anniversary
Work Type:
black-and-white negatives
Subject:
Cold Crush Brothers
Hip-hop
JDL (Jerry D. Lewis)
Almighty Kay Gee
Description:
JDL performing at Harlem World at the Treacherous Three Anniversary, 1982 or 1983. Kaygee and the Harlem World mural are visible in the background.
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. Archive
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.