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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You got me curious, since I just posted it with the caption I found it with (and which most Reverse Image searches show for it), so I looked it up - someone suggested that the proper term would have been un blouson noir.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

ah, they‘re like Teddy Boys

[–] andrew_bidlaw 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Google Lens found this: https://www.mediastorehouse.com/agence-france-presse-afp/vintage-archive/people-louis-armstrong-1901-1971/louis-armstrong-fan-head-signing-15389046.html

Photo is attributed to the Agence France-Presse, no mention of punk, just a fan. 'Punk' seems like a later addition to the description.