Dreamland

Dreamland

by

Sam Quinones

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Dreamland

Dreamland was Portsmouth, Ohio’s local swimming pool from 1929 until its demolition in 1993. To the community of Portsmouth, memories of Dreamland represent happier, more prosperous, and more community-oriented times, an ideal that Quinones deems…

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Levi’s 501s

Levi’s 501 jeans were a status symbol for the Xalisco Boys heroin dealers of the 1990s, and the ability for the dealers to acquire these high-quality pants represents the broader profit-driven drug market that propelled…

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