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What era did massive vandalism (graffiti) begin appearing on freight cars ?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by ardenastationmaster</i> <br /><br />I take it you are wanting to establish a time frame for a model railroad, in which case, the late 1960s would be a good dividing line between old days of "Kilroy" and "Jesus Saves", done in chalk (prior to the end of the steam era), and age of the spray can, which made tagging (the act of creating graffiti) much easier, during the adolescent years of the baby boomers (i.e., massive population influx). <br />Ardenastationmaster <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I tend to agree,.. graffiti under and around bridges, sprayed in paint that read "Class of '71" come to mind, and the ever popular "trick"of closing up the 3 in the 35 MPH speed limit signs with black spraycan so that they read 85 MPH is something i can recall back to the mid 60's
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