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25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

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By Carly Tennes

Published 6 months ago in Wow

Long before Apple's AirPods Max became the must-have tech accessory du jour, there was another way to look fly af while jamming out to your favorite tunes: A massive boombox perched on your shoulder. 


But more than just juicing your lats — and possibly peeving off your neighbors — old-school boom boxes blasted a bonus: if somebody snapped a pic you were immortalized as quentessential 80's forever. 


From kids riding the New York City subway to the early days of the Beastie Boys, here are 25 vintage '80s pics of people carrying boomboxes literally everywhere. 

  • 1

    Three friends with their boombox and motorbike in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, date unknown.

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 2

    Two kids pose on New York City’s 2 train with their boombox, date unknown.

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 3

    “B-Boy with his JVC RC-5500 Boombox, NYC, 1980, by Peter Anderson.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 4

    “The Dirty Ones Blast [their] Boom Box in Brooklyn, 1975.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 5

    Three pals strike a poke in Harlem, date unknown.

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 6

    “A man recording a cassette tape at a music festival in Poland, 1980s.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 7

    “Two girls and a boombox, Philadelphia, 1986.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 8

    “Man with Boombox on NYC Subway Platform, 1970s.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 9

    “Grandmaster Flash (late 70s/early 80s).”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 10

    “Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash, pictured for NY Rocker, 1981.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 11

    “Chicago Pride Parade, 1985.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 12

    A man flaunts his boombox — and his Canadian tuxedo — in what appears to be New York City. Date unknown.

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 13

    “Boombox on the graffiti-covered NYC subway, 1985.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 14

    “Youths in the New York subway - 1980s.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 15

    “Ripped guy with a boom box 1980s San Francisco, CA.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 16

    “Boys with Boom Box, 14th Street, New York, 1983.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 17

    “This 1984 image of the Beastie Boys and now-legendary music producer Rick Rubin was captured by photographer John Cheuse. He began photographing the rap group back when he was only 16, saying it was ‘a bit like joining the circus’ and that nightclubs become like a second home.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 18

    “1980 - a man and his boom box, Brooklyn, NY.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 19

    “Werner Braun, well known for climbing with a boom box, and sometimes rope-less (1970’s).”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 20

    “A Brooklyn man and his boombox, 1985.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 21

    “Brooklyn Man with his Boom Box, 1980.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 22

    “A young man sits on his bicycle with his boombox. Cairo, Illinois. 1985.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 23

    “The boom box to end all boom boxes. NYC, July 1989.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 24

    “Friends kicking back on a stoop with their boom box - Spanish Harlem in the 80s.”

    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

  • 25

    “Little Crazy Legs with his boombox, 1983, NYC - photo by Martha Cooper.”


    25 Old School '80s Photos of People and their Boomboxes

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