50s cheerleader

Turns out this print I bought is in fact a digital reprint. Looks OK from a distance, but if you look at in it's highest resolution, you can see the pixelation. Still a fun photo.

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From a beautiful 4x5 negative!

Cheerleaders of the 1960s looked nothing like today’s pom-pom girls. While we are used to seeing tremendous tumbling skills, among some cleavage and short, tight skirts, in today’s cheerleaders, in the sixties, cheerleading was more about being pretty and popular than it was about being athletic.

I love this photo, too bad it's marred by dirt (scanned from a salvaged negative). And too bad it must have been the last shot on the roll as you can see where the tape holding the film to the backing paper has left a mark at the bottom of the photo. Even though they're standing in front of a shop with a big Coke sign, the right on the left is not drinking a Coke -- it's not the right shaped bottle. The girl in the center seems to be holding an orange Crush, girl on the right is finishing…

USC cheerleader

About as into the spirit as we're going to get.