| The graffiti era in New York was in full swing in the 70s. The teens of the less advantaged parts of the city found they could "tag" subway cars pretty much at will, and often would spend several hours working on a train in a yard. The city, which had little money in those years-1974 was the year of the famous Daily News headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" and with bare bones security, many parts of the system were largely unattended. Some of the graffiti was quite artistid, but most of it was just someones street name. Dad caught this tag on a Flushing train. |