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32 Pictures of High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

   

Long before the era of Facebook, texting, and clubbing, there's the hopping soda shop scene. LIFE photographer George Skadding documented the lives of Iowa high school teenagers in the late 1940s.

High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
High School Students in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947
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