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In aura of fun and well-being, students dance in gym of Carlsbad's high school at weekly "Sock Hop" to music of a 12-piece student band. arts & entertainment

‘The Luckiest Generation’: LIFE With Teenagers in 1950s America

Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964. arts & entertainment

Mad About the Boys: Rare Photos of Beatles Fans, 1964

Photo from a LIFE magazine article on teen pregnancy, 1971. history

Fighting Teen Pregnancy: Portrait of a Radical High School Program, 1971

Teenagers at a party in 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; LIFE reported that they "munch doughnuts and sip cokes whenever they are not dancing with serious faces to sentimental music." arts & entertainment

Photographer Spotlight: Nina Leen

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