Color photograph of the four derby girls at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza, 2008
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Title
Color photograph of the four derby girls at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza, 2008
Date
2008
Description
Color photograph of the four derby girls at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza, 2008 taken by Andreanna Seymore the official photographer for USA Roller Derby at the First World Cup in Toronto, Canada, 2011. Seymore is a freelance photographer who joined the Hellions of Troy in 2008 and became a member of the close knit, roller derby community.
Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Currently not on view
Subject
Women
Amusements
Roller Derby
Professional
Sports
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Subject
Women
Amusements
Roller Derby
Professional
Sports
Collection
Citation
“Color photograph of the four derby girls at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza, 2008,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 9, 2024, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28259.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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