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LIFE at an Ohio Prom That Kept Going, and Going, and Going . . . (1958)
Time.com ^ | March 29, 2012 | Liz Ronk

Posted on 04/17/2016 1:57:16 PM PDT by lowbridge

In 1958, LIFE tagged along as students danced at an Ohio high school prom. And went riverboating. And danced some more. And had breakfast. And rode roller coasters. And danced some more. . . .

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Students at Mariemont High School near Cincinnati came close to the ultimate this year when they put on a “prom” that lasted almost 32 hours. It started with a progressive dinner (spaghetti to strawberry cake), followed by a formal but highly energetic dance. Then the students boarded a river boat for a cruise and dancing to a jazz combo. Dawn found them somewhat subdued and back at the school for breakfast. Sent home for a short rest period, they emerged refreshed and descended on an amusement park. By nightfall half the students had discovered they were mortal and had gone home to bed. The rest whipped up another dance. “It keeps getting better and better,” one said, “as I get more and more numb.”

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1 posted on 04/17/2016 1:57:16 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
A few pics. More at the article source:


2 posted on 04/17/2016 1:57:46 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Leaving the subject aside, this is excellent photography.


3 posted on 04/17/2016 2:01:11 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: lowbridge

Oh my goodness. Bermuda shorts, hoop petticoats, the bunny hop and memories of really fun times. Thanks for the memories.


4 posted on 04/17/2016 2:04:30 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: lowbridge

Great photos. Any photo featuring a ‘57 Chevy gets a great rating by default.


5 posted on 04/17/2016 2:11:37 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Grams A

Such a different time. The clean haircuts. The dresses and tuxes for the prom.

So different.


6 posted on 04/17/2016 2:16:19 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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7 posted on 04/17/2016 2:19:03 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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A great nation full of hope & happiness & self-respect....take a look around these days & it’s like we have entered The Twilight Zone.


8 posted on 04/17/2016 2:19:47 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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And less than a decade later, all that good clean fun was gone, replaced by hippies, LSD, pot, & the Pill.


9 posted on 04/17/2016 2:21:20 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: lowbridge

It brings tears to my eyes. “Those were” the last days of innocence.


10 posted on 04/17/2016 2:22:14 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (HILLARY 2016 - SERIOUSLY? What are they thinking?)
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To: lowbridge

I had a Plymouth similar to the one pictured. Chrysler claimed to have skipped two years of planned designs and introduced the 1958 models with advertising that said, “Suddenly, it’s 1960!” I was just a couple years behind the kids in these photos, so the scenario brings back lots of memories.


11 posted on 04/17/2016 2:22:43 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: lowbridge

It brings tears to my eyes. “Those were” the last days of innocence. I remember them well.


12 posted on 04/17/2016 2:23:00 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (HILLARY 2016 - SERIOUSLY? What are they thinking?)
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To: lowbridge

Hmmm ! Is that Buddy Holly in the top pic. :-)

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13 posted on 04/17/2016 2:29:05 PM PDT by Mears
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“Oo-ee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly Oh-oh, and you’re Mary Tyler Moore....”


14 posted on 04/17/2016 2:31:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Grams A

It was a great era.

You had practically no rules by the government——and no cell phones.

In other words,parents couldn’t reach you.

Seems like yesterday,

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15 posted on 04/17/2016 2:32:38 PM PDT by Mears
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To: lowbridge

Many more photos here:

http://retrospect.sid-hill.us/moments_in_time/1950s_lookback.htm


16 posted on 04/17/2016 2:43:14 PM PDT by lowbridge
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Hard to believe; the “kids” in those photos are now in their mid-70s, and many are no longer with us.


17 posted on 04/17/2016 3:06:54 PM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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This is my favorite picture of all of them. A bunch of teenagers riding carefree in the back of a Ford Fairlane convertible. Won't see that today.

An America that used to be and will probably never be again.


18 posted on 04/17/2016 4:17:23 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: lowbridge

Proud Alum of Mariemont High Class of 1981. I know some of the folks in those pics as two of them became teachers at Mariemont and others were parents of classmates.


19 posted on 04/17/2016 4:17:37 PM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
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To: lowbridge

Odd how old photos make young people look so adult. Nowadays, they just look like perpetual twerps.


20 posted on 04/17/2016 4:18:53 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Go Ted!)
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