The photo that introduced millions of Americans to the image of the outlaw biker ran on page 31 of the Jul 21, 1947 issue of Life magazine.
A man, his cap crooked and his shirt unbuttoned to his belly button, sits atop a parked motorcycle with a beer bottle in each of his hands while at a rally in Hollister, California
A dozen more bottles, some of them in pieces, are piled around the bike's front wheel. The look on the man's face suggests he's thoroughly intoxicated. He seems to shrugging off his sad state of affairs with a "Yeah? So what!" scoff towards the photographer. Read more...
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