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Comfortable_Low_4317 OP t1_ja3cdyp wrote
This is from a photo collection called Suburbia by Bill Owens.
Actual quote accompanying this photo: I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter. By playing with guns he learns to socialize with other children. I find the neighbors who are offended by Richie's gun, either the father hunts or their kids are the first to take Richie's gun and go off and play with it.
RagingSnarkasm t1_ja3e3b7 wrote
Big Wheels were what you drove if you weren't cool enough for a Green Machine.
ToonKiller t1_ja3esqo wrote
Big Wheels were da chit until too many burn outs left a hole in your plastic tires.
RoutineSuggestion798 t1_ja3h5za wrote
He's there for protection. Nothing goes down in that neighborhood with him there.
falcon_driver t1_ja3heh8 wrote
The Green Machine was for the rich snooty kids
RagingSnarkasm t1_ja3jdpg wrote
Found the poor kid.
vinnydaq t1_ja3kxyn wrote
"NOT ON MY WATCH!!" - Jonny "Big Wheel" Smith, protector of Life, Liberty, and Suburbia
Phillipinsocal t1_ja3l9hm wrote
Those seats on the wheelies were so often knocked off, you saw so many wheelies turned into “kneelies” cause the seats wouldn’t last.
vinnydaq t1_ja3m6p6 wrote
That's not a Daisy Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle ( with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time ). That's a Daisy Model 1894 ( with spring activated lever action). I had one of these in middle school; dang underpowered piece of crap always shot low and to the right!
thoughtfillednorth t1_ja3ndty wrote
I did this too. I had me, Pete, Mike, John, and Tim Evans.
We all liked Becky. I took her all over the neighborhood till I sold that banana seat bike...
I told Tim he could have that old used ride. I gave him the bike too.
Salty_Fixer t1_ja3wxkf wrote
Richie’s spent the last 30 years at San Quentin for shooting a cop after he was rejected by every police department in Northern California.
normanfell t1_ja3ymuo wrote
My parents had a copy of this when I was growing up and I was very enchanted by it.
Cottenswab t1_ja42i2y wrote
May cause reproductive harm…
Lrdoflamancha t1_ja49spa wrote
Pleasant Hill CA, and I think the Sherman Acres neighborhood.
d_o_mino t1_ja4fli2 wrote
He'll put his eye out!!
Legal-You-6307 t1_ja4iqpw wrote
So this is where that watermark came from
emfrank t1_ja4lu1r wrote
I think that is his coat hood
M4croM4n t1_ja4mvzz wrote
Love the Boots.
FNTM_309 t1_ja4qkae wrote
Man, I felt like an absolute boss on my Big Wheel.
PdxPhoenixActual t1_ja4vuiu wrote
Just us ride them longer.
Sweatytubesock t1_ja58x8w wrote
Seemed like almost every kid about that age had a Big Wheel around that time. I sure did.
NevinyrralsDiscGolf t1_ja5cnou wrote
They got my cousins lunch money.
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H3rbert_K0rnfeld t1_ja5macp wrote
YOU WILL RESPECT MAH AUTHORI-TIE!
MoreDoots_MoreDoots t1_ja5ut4r wrote
You’ll shoot your eye out, Ralphie!
Logical-Cardiologist t1_ja624y6 wrote
The successor to photos of depression-era child coal miners.
Comfortable_Low_4317 OP t1_ja62ydv wrote
The ability of redditors to pick up on the most minute details never ceases to amaze me.
Sugarmugr t1_ja6z221 wrote
My grandparents lived in PH/WC around this time and have video footage that looks a lot like this neighborhood…seeing this is WILD
Blissful_Relief t1_ja75gkp wrote
That's a pretty sweet hardly Davidson. BRO
Zealousideal-View142 t1_ja7dqi4 wrote
I know it’s gonna be bad when I see the phrase “Northern California”💀
HunnerBiDumb t1_ja7z5mb wrote
Your parents should be arrested for leaving firearms where you could reach them…Lol
hate_mail t1_ja3cad6 wrote
Big Wheel, boots, a towel as a cape and a red Ryder gun....this is me.