The “Luckiest Generation” Got Started in the 1940sTeenage life was a new invention back then. Rose HeichelbechHigh school football game, 1941. Via/ Library of Congress Hanging out after school, 1943. Via/ Library of Congress Model airplane building was one of many growing teen hobbies in the 1940s. Via/ U.S. National Archives “High school students doing part-time work in a government office,” 1942. Via/ Library of Congress “High school girls, Newton, Iowa,” 1940. Via/ Library of Congress A trip to the zoo, 1942. Via/ Library of Congress Previous page Next page Subscribe to Dusty Old Thing How the Experts Tell CZ from Real DiamondsHow “Stairway to Heaven” Was WrittenCentury-old Paris Waiters’ Race RevivedVitrolite- The Wonder Material That’s Now Almost ExtinctThe Dress That Made Molly Ringwald Cry in the ’80s9 Facts About Antiques Roadshow That Might Surprise YouThis 1958 Classic Was Banned from the RadioThe Truth Behind the Song “Layla”What Life Was Like in 1930s HoovervillesLiving in an Amish House5 of the Most Unusual Names for LocalsA Delightful Collection of Box BedsSKM: below-content placeholderWhizzco for DOT