High School Initiation
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# Title High School Initiation Description High school students in 1950 are initiated into a service club by submitting to several acts of public humiliation: carrying Corn Flakes cereal boxes; wearing winter gloves/shoes on one hand/foot; wearing a necklace made of toiletries (bar of soap, toothbrush, and comb); wearing earmuffs (for the girls); and wearing ribbons in the hair (for the boys). Location and Date Vassar High School Vassar, Michigan, USA 3/1/50 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate) Credit Richard Swanson/Swanson Media Camera/Source Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic (4x5 inch black & white negative) Lens Kodak Ektar 6" (152mm) f/4.5 Model/property releases available? No/No Keywords initiations, rituals, high school students, teenagers, service clubs, public humiliation, rites of passage, Caucasians, 1940s, 1950s, black and white, black & white |
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