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Distro - Prince Street Girls. 1975-1999 

Susan Meiselas 

I was riding a bicycle through my neighbourhood in Little Italy nearly twenty-five years ago. Suddenly, a blast of light flashed into my eyes. Its source was a group of kids standing with a mirror, focusing the sun on my face, nearly blinding me. That was the day I met the Prince Street girls, the name I gave the group that hung out on the nearby corner almost every day. I was the stranger who didn't belong. Little Italy was mostly for Italians then.

The girls were from small Italian-American families and they were almost all related. Sometimes they would reluctantly introduce me to their parents... 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. NYC. 1975. Little Italy. "The Prince St. Girls". 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. Carol, Pina and Lisa.... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. JoJo, Roe, Julia, Pina,... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. NYC. 1976. Little Italy. Roe, JoJo, Dee and Lisa leaving... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. NYC. 1976. Little Italy. After school on the corner of Prince... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. Pina, Roe, Julia and... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. Dee, JoJo. Frankie and... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. NYC. 1976. Little Italy. Dee and Lisa fight on Prince Street.... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. Dee and Lisa on Mott... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. Carol and Dee in front... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. Carol, JoJo and Lisa... 

Susan Meiselas 1976

USA. New York City. 1976. Little Italy. JoJo, Carol and Lisa... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Carol, Dee and Pina... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. NYC. 1978. On the train to Manhattan Beach. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Pina, Carol, Roe and... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. NYC. 1978. Little Italy. Hanging out on Baxter Street. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Pina, Phylis, JoJo and Lisa. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Pebbles, JoJo and Roe on Baxter Street.... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Tina with Julia on Mott... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Roe and Pina in front... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1979. Little Italy. Tina, Phylis and Carol.... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Carol on the A train. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. Pebbles, JoJo and Carol on the A train.... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Pebbles at Manhattan Beach. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. Carol at Manhattan Beach. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Pebbles with Enzo and... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. Little Italy. Dee and a friend on the... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

USA. New York CIty. 1979. Little Italy. JoJo with Dee, Lisa and... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

USA. New York CIty. 1979. Little Italy. Lisa and JoJo on the... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

USA. New York CIty. 1979. Little Italy. Summertime hanging out.... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

USA. New York CIty. 1979. Little Italy. Lisa at the Mulberry... 

Susan Meiselas 1990

USA. New York CIty. 1990. Little Italy. Lisa and Frank on their... 

Susan Meiselas 1992

USA. New York CIty. 1992. Little Italy. Julia's wedding at St.... 

Susan Meiselas 1996

USA. New York CIty. 1996. Staten Island. Lisa and daughter... 
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