Daily Photo — “Teenage Party, 1947”
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Teenagers at a Party, 1947 Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo by Nina Leen for the LIFE Magazine.
“LIFE reported they ‘munch doughnuts and sip cokes whenever they are not dancing with serious faces to sentimental music.'”
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Tags: daily life, entertainment, history, Oklahoma, Party, teenagers, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “At the Drive-In, 1957”
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April 1957. “Teenage girls in car at drive-in.” From photos for the Look magazine assignment “How American Teenagers Live.”
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Tags: 1950s, daily life, history, movies, teenagers, warm-ups, writing
Daily Photo — “Summer in Brooklyn, 1982”
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1982. “In 1980s Brooklyn, teenage couples stand proudly before a flashy Trans Am. Photographer Robert Madden shot this image while on assignment for a June 1982 story by Alice J. Hall, who described the ever changing borough as ‘Much abused, much maligned, and much loved … an authentic American amalgam, with all its achievement and failure.'”
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Tags: 1980s, analysis, Brooklyn, culture, history, New York, NYC, photos, teenagers, teens, Trans Am, us history
Daily Photo — “Snow Angels, 1922”
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“Blizzard, January 28, 1922.” In Washington, D.C., freezing weather is no match for a sunny disposition. National Photo Company glass negative.
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Tags: 1920s, blizzard, history, photos, snow, social studies, teenagers, urban life, us history, warm-ups, Washington DC, writing
Daily Photo — “The In Crowd, 1943”
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October 1943. Washington, D.C. “Sally Dessez talking with some friends near her locker at Woodrow Wilson High School.” Popular girls and their minion. Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.
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Tags: 1940s, education, history, photos, school, social studies, teenagers, urban life, us history, warm-ups, Washington DC, writing
Daily Artwork — “Summer Evening, Edward Hopper, 1947”
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1947 — Summer Evening. Oil on Canvas. Social Realism style. Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967). Private Collection.
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Tags: analysis, art, critique, Edward Hopper, painting, portrait, Social Realism, summer, teenagers, warm-ups, writing
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