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~ Hand Style 2 ~

What is in a name?  Everything!  How a name is written however, is even more important.  Hand writing is the first step in becoming a Graffiti writer.  Writers put in much time and pride into there tags.  Writers developed there tag, to stand out from others due to the competition.  In time, a writers tag became a label of who they were, and who they are today.

STAY HIGH 149 throws-up some of his friends, BAMA 1 a.k.a.  AMRL, STAN 153, DL 167 a.k.a. DEAD LEG 167, and IVORY 1

 

          EARLY 1970's

 

Early writer TAKI 183, was an All-City tagger in the 1970's.

 

 

Early Brooklyn writer, UNDER TAKER ASH,  was a first generation writer from Brooklyn who is traced back as far as 1967 with fellow Brooklyn writer, FRIENDLY FREDDY.

CO~CO 144 & MANI

 

Classic hits from ... FDT 56, SNAKE 1, STITCH 1, SJK 171, CAT 87, KROME 100, OZ 109.  Very famous writers of the early 1970's.

 

 

EL MARKO 174 and TABU 1, two all time kings

 

 

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SPIN 1 shows off a classic Brooklyn hand writing

 

 

 Early tags by TREE 127, LEAP 1, KELLY 62, SPIN 1, SJK 171, KING JEC 1 & 2, which are the more notable names of the early 1970's.

 

 

CAY 161

 

Central Park wall, early 1972 with hits by..SMOKEY 1, TRAC 2, JIVE 179, SUPER BEE, SEXY 62, STAG 161, and MOUSEY 89

 

VOICE OF THE GHETTO a.k.a. STAY HIGH 149

 

 

 

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