Teenage girls enjoying 29 cent milkshakes at drive-in restaurant. Photo by Nina Leen,1957 (x)

Teenage girls enjoying 29 cent milkshakes at drive-in restaurant. Photo by Nina Leen,1957 (x)

Photography by Nina Leen, 1947 (x)

Photography by Nina Leen, 1947 (x)

Popular shoulder length hairstyle worn by teenagers, 1947. Photographed by Nina Leen (x)

Popular shoulder length hairstyle worn by teenagers, 1947. Photographed by Nina Leen (x)

Model showing how to lace a corset w. arrows pointing at spots where laces begin & end now that elastic & zippers have “gone to war” as the WPB’s (War Production Board) jettisoning of amenities is put to consumers. 1942 (x)

Model showing how to lace a corset w. arrows pointing at spots where laces begin & end now that elastic & zippers have “gone to war” as the WPB’s (War Production Board) jettisoning of amenities is put to consumers. 1942 (x)

Teenage girls enjoying 29 cent milkshakes at drive-in restaurant. St. Louis, MO, 1957. Photo by Nina Leen (x)

Teenage girls enjoying 29 cent milkshakes at drive-in restaurant. St. Louis, MO, 1957. Photo by Nina Leen (x)

Girl in Skating Ring, photographed by Nina Leen c. 1940’s

Girl in Skating Ring, photographed by Nina Leen c. 1940’s

Vikki Dougan in sleepwear fashions, photo by Nina Leen,1952

Vikki Dougan in sleepwear fashions, photo by Nina Leen,1952

Women sitting and reading under hairdryers at Rockefeller Center “Pamper Club”, where hair driers cost 10 cents for 15 minutes. New York, NY 1952 

Women sitting and reading under hairdryers at Rockefeller Center “Pamper Club”, where hair driers cost 10 cents for 15 minutes. New York, NY 1952 

Short Nightgowns, photograph by Nina Leen, 1952

Short Nightgowns, photograph by Nina Leen, 1952

Nancy Berg modeling a Rose Marie Reid maillot, photo by Nina Leen, 1952

Nancy Berg modeling a Rose Marie Reid maillot, photo by Nina Leen, 1952

Nancy Berg modeling a Rose Marie Reid maillot, 1952. Photo by Nina Leen

Nancy Berg modeling a Rose Marie Reid maillot, 1952. Photo by Nina Leen

Record shopping in 1953, photo by Nina Leen

Record shopping in 1953, photo by Nina Leen

Nancy Berg and model wearing Rose Marie Reid “Hourglass Maillots”, photo by Nina Leen, July 1952

Nancy Berg and model wearing Rose Marie Reid “Hourglass Maillots”, photo by Nina Leen, July 1952

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