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

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 Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947

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Topics: old us life & culture event & history 1950s people 1940s High School