The Guardian showcases a collection of calling cards not of 1970s-80s businessmen, but of gang members. These business cards display the street gangs' symbols, nicknames, and territories, and enemies for assertion, recruitment and affiliation tokens.
I wonder: do modern-day street gangs have business cards as well?
image via The Guardian
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That must've been an interesting time!
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I did tattoos at several different shops in Chicago in the early 90's. I had at least 100 different gangbanger cards. A coworker who had grown up as an active member of the latin kings had 2 shoeboxes completely filled with them. Goofy anecdote: the first card I got was after tattooing a latin king member named Pee Wee. He got a black and grey picture of Pee Wee Herman, bursting out of his torn skin, smiling, with a joint in his mouth. He wasn't as scary as most that I met.
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gang business card? seems like that could be used as evidence
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