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"inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \"48-01 PEOPLE/YOUTH, SPECIAL STORIES/D.DAVIDSON-THE GANG #1\"",
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"inscription": "Stamped in blue ink on verso: \"PLEASE CREDIT/BRUCE DAVIDSON/MAGNUM PHOTOS INC./15 WEST 47th Street/New York 36, N.Y.\"",
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"inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"Gang\"",
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"inscription": "Stamped in blue ink on verso: \"MAGNUM/PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT/Bruce Davidson [written in pencil]/NEW YORK./PRINT REF: 93-21 [written in pencil]/LOG REF: 4418 [written in pencil]/TO BE RETURNED\"",
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"inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso: \"THIS PRINT/IS NOT TO/BE MOUNTED/OR AIRBRUSHED\"",
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"title": "Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang",
"description": "Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 25, 2020-June 13, 2021).",
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"did_you_know": "One of Davidson\u2019s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang called the Jokers.",
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"description": "The Jokers roughhoused and fought among themselves but were not allowed to hurt each other. Real violence was reserved for those in other gangs or occasionally for civilians. \u201cDid we fight with chains and pipes and knives? Yeah,\u201d gang member Bob Powers reminisced years later. \u201cDid people get stabbed? Yeah, people got stabbed. And people got their heads cracked open with bats.\u201d",
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:55.022000"
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