Pictures of High School Teenagers in Des Moines, Iowa, 1947 - OLD US

   

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.

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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