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re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted on 10/25/23 at 9:42 pm to Kafka
Posted on 10/25/23 at 9:42 pm to Kafka
Hollister Riot (1947)
quote:The incident would be dramatized in the Marlon Brando film The Wild One
More motorcyclists than expected flooded the small town to watch the annual rallies, as well as socialize and drink. A few of the motorcyclists caused a commotion in the town.
The incident, known afterwards as the Hollister riot, was sensationalized by the press with reports of bikers "taking over the town" and "pandemonium" in Hollister. The strongest dramatization of the event was a photo of a drunken man sitting on a motorcycle, possibly staged by the photographer by surrounding the scene with discarded beer bottles. It was published in Life magazine and it brought national attention and negative opinion to the event. The Hollister riot helped to give rise to the outlaw biker image.
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Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:02 pm to Kafka
The term “1%er” came from the Hollister riot.
Posted on 10/26/23 at 8:27 am to Kafka
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The Hollister riot helped to give rise to the outlaw biker image.
iirc, Mr. Kimble(Alvy Moore,) from Greenacres, was one of the biker thugs in the movie
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