{"product_id":"popular-culture-youth-unidentified-sunglasses-wearing-man-filed-as-blowing-their-bubbles","title":"[POPULAR CULTURE—YOUTH]. UNIDENTIFIED SUNGLASSES-WEARING MAN FILED AS ‘BLOWING THEIR BUBBLES’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[POPULAR CULTURE—YOUTH]. UNIDENTIFIED SUNGLASSES-WEARING MAN FILED AS ‘BLOWING THEIR BUBBLES’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnidentified photographer, with verso stamp attribution to Zabala. Place and exact date not identified; received by the Examiner Reference Library on May 30, 1973. Approximately 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm). Filed under the newsroom reference title ‘Blowing Their Bubbles,’ item 90400, and apparently prepared for editorial or library use. Approximate physical print dimensions: 10 × 8 in. (254 × 203 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recto presents a tightly framed portrait of a young man wearing large dark sunglasses and a light, patterned short-sleeved shirt. He faces the camera in three-quarter view, one hand raised near his chest, against a dark studio or event background. The print shows pronounced surface handling and abrasion, with glossy reflection across the image, edge wear, corner creasing and small losses or tears at the margins; the image remains legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe verso is largely blank and lightly toned. At the upper margin are the typewritten or stamped filing lines ‘YOUTH’ and ‘90400,’ followed by ‘BLOWING THEIR BUBBLES.’ A red rectangular stamp reads ‘Photo By: ZABALA’ [partly obscured by the impression]. Below it, a red library stamp reads ‘RECEIVED EXAMINER REFERENCE LIBRARY MAY 30 1973.’ Additional red editorial marks appear near the attribution stamp. No caption identifies the sitter, location, or event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplied evidence places the print in a newspaper or reference-library workflow by May 1973, but does not establish the identity of the sitter or the occasion represented. The sunglasses, hairstyle, patterned shirt and theatrical pose suggest a popular-culture or entertainment context, while the filing language ‘YOUTH’ indicates the image was indexed as a youth-related subject rather than under a named person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts interest lies in the physical record of editorial circulation: an attributed photographer’s stamp, a dated library receipt, a filing number and a descriptive newsroom title survive on the verso of an otherwise unidentified portrait. That incomplete identification is itself part of the artifact’s research value, preserving the way a working image was handled, classified and retained in a contemporary picture-library system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance: From the Eric C. Caren Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Photo Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50225044652170,"sku":"RP-000012","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/4218\/3306\/files\/media-front_4510277d-c61d-4f00-a585-990b4676dd02.jpg?v=1789688148","url":"https:\/\/therarephotogallery.com\/products\/popular-culture-youth-unidentified-sunglasses-wearing-man-filed-as-blowing-their-bubbles","provider":"TheRarePhotoGallery.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}