Mass Observer » 1948 http://www.massobserver.com Eyes wide open Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:55:16 +0000 en hourly 1 Today is ‘Wear Your Old Lady’s Army Shoes to School’ Tuesday http://www.massobserver.com/2009/03/today-is-wear-your-old-ladys-army-shoes-to-school-tuesday/ http://www.massobserver.com/2009/03/today-is-wear-your-old-ladys-army-shoes-to-school-tuesday/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:15:58 +0000 Jay http://www.massobserver.com/?p=102 boys-army-boots-1948]]> boys-army-boots-1948

From the Life magazine photo archive:

Teenage boys sporting their latest shoe fad of wearing G.I. shoes (Army surplus they bought or inherited) which they call “My old lady’s Army Shoes” & wear every Tuesday at school.

Location:    Des Moines, IA, US
Date taken:    December 1948
Photographer:    Alfred Eisenstaedt

I like the specificity of this fad, and I wonder how the organic group thought process decided that Tuesdays were the day for this? And “My old lady’s Army Shoes” is a pretty great name. Rascals.

What has become of all these budding your Des Moines rebels from the middle of the century last?

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