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1998

Drawn from the punk collections at UMD, these images illustrate the year in D.C. punk. Explore by category or click an image to find more.

FLIERS

Landscape-oriented black and white flier with text in black a monospaced bitmap font in white rectangles over a dark multiple-exposure photo print of a person hitting a ball with a tennis racket.

Jenhitt and the Elusive concert flier - Black Cat, Washington, DC, January 6, 1998

Black and white flier with band names in all-capitalized black serif text superimposed on a sheet covered in writing with Chinese characters titled 'The Tao of Jees Kune Do' and a labeled illustration of a human head labeled 'The Striking of the Head.'

The Others and Savage Boys & Girls Club – Black Cat, Washington, D.C., circa January 19, 1998

A black and white flier with show information printed in black oblique serif text, to the left is a four-panel comic depicting homelessness, a man with a sledgehammer asking 'when are people going to do something about it?' a crowd with raised fists under a domineering face and finally 'Just DO something' in ragged type.

Fugazi, Lungfish, and the Crainium – Teamsters’ Union Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, May 12, 1998

A landscape-oriented black and white poster with a panorama photo of elderly people seated talking on a park bench above band names in a ragged letterpress typeface.

Bluetip, Franklin, and the Trans Megetti concert flier - Stalag 13, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1998

Black and white landscape-oriented flier with the heading 'Benefit for the Emmaus Community Center' with show information to the left of a large sketch of the Emmaus center located at 1426 9th St, NW, Washington, D.C.

Fugazi, Quix*o*tic, and Shine – Sanctuary Theatre, Washington, D.C., July 31, 1998

All-text flier with bold black text on yellow paper with shows listed and the phrase 'No Drugs, No Alcohol, No Glass Bottles' in large print at the bottom.

Fort Reno concert series schedule flier, Washington, D.C., August 3-13, 1998

Hand-drawn and lettered black and white photo with band names in cursive lettering and a young man and woman standing in a screened-in porch with a small D.C. flag drawn on a rafter.

Bluetip - Black Cat, Washington, D.C., August 7, 1998

Black and white landscape-oriented flier with show information in small, serif font surrounded by multiple layered exposures of a photograph of the letters 'DCCD.'

The Boom and Sea Tiger - DCCD, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1998

Black and white flier with band names in a peaked-serif western-style font and illustrations of a cowgirl standing next to a barbed-wire fence.

Braid, Compound Red, and Shiner – Black Cat and Metro Café, Washington, D.C., September 2-4, 1998

ZINES

Black and white all-text zine cover with 'BRICKTHROWER #4' in very large bold black text on a plain white background.

Brickthrower, Issue 4, 1998

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Persistent Vision presents the University of Maryland's digitized special collections materials related to punk in the Washington, D.C. area. Most of these materials reside at Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. These materials help to tell the story of a subculture and a community that has thrived since 1976.

Curators: John Davis, Ben Jackson
Design: Ben Jackson, Natalie Salive
Authors: Ben Jackson, John Davis, and Jessica Grimmer

With help from: Cindy Zhao, Jeremy Gottwig, Amanda Henderson, Gabby Cameron, Hayden Kramer

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