Connecticut State Breaking and Popping Championship Finals graffiti mural with painters and breakdancers, off Van Dyke Ave., Hartford

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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:6862

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Title

Connecticut State Breaking and Popping Championship Finals graffiti mural with painters and breakdancers, off Van Dyke Ave., Hartford

Origin Information

Date Created	1984

Parent Item

Hip Hop Collection

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

A mural saying "FiNALS" in yellow, orange, light and dark blues is painted on a cement wall. Jamie Wolf sits on top of the wall with a graffiti spray can next to him. Joe "Freek" Santiago stands under the "F" on the left with a graffiti spray can and Tim Wolf stands to the right of the "S," also holding up his spray can. Two breakdancers hold themselves up with their hands and in a headstand at the foreground.

Genre

Subject

African Americans artists

Geographic Subject

Hartford (Conn.)

Bushnell Park (Hartford, Conn.)

Physical Form

color photographs

Held By

Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library

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Copyright restrictions may apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library.

Note

Peace Train was a non-profit organization that produced concerts and events in all of Hartford's public parks and public housing projects from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In the early 1980s they began to locate, promote, and develop the hip hop scene in Hartford, including breakdancing and popping (hip hop dance forms) competitions, and a touring young all-star team of dancers and graffiti writers from Hartford.

Note Type	source note
Note	Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library

Local Identifier

hpl_hhc_hhh_pt_130

Connecticut State Breaking and Popping Championship Finals graffiti mural with painters and breakdancers, off Van Dyke Ave., Hartford

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