An album of 1980's snapshot photography documenting the family and leisure pursuits of a bi-racial couple in Compton centered around their involvement in an African-American custom van club called Magnificent Prowlers Vans of Compton. A laid-in typed sheet identifies more than 80 club members by their nicknames like The Hustler, Liquor Man, Big Blue, Stopper, Big Daddy, Cabbage Man, Lil Bop, Sweet Scorpio, Gang Green, etc... Roughly 100 of the 300 prints document vans or van gatherings with the balance capturing family and domestic travel scenes typical of contemporary keepsake albums. 

A vivid vernacular glimpse at a niche African-American and transportation-interest subculture in 1980's Southern California. Contents generously shown here, additional image scans available upon request.

[Photo Albums] : [Vans]. [Photo Album of a Bi-Racial Couple in an African-American Van Club]. [Los Angeles, California]: [ca. 1980's]. Commercial three-ring binder album. Approximately 12" x 11" with brown vinyl covering boards. 28 clear plastic leaves holding more than 300 color photographs, most 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" drugstore print snapshots. With one typed sheet laid-in loose. Folds and wrinkling to the laid-in sheet, a few scattered deposits of dust to album pages, otherwise no remarkable condition issues ; prints about near fine.