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Title
High School Initiation Group

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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