what John Hughes' funeral should look like

Girls basketball team uniforms (1910)

Flouncy skirts and sailors' scarves are hardly conducive to fastbreaks. Fortunately, this squad seems to have a deep bench since there were apparently 32 girls on the team!

Kids always look older than their years in vintage photos, no?

teenagers in Norfolk, VA (1958)

from the Life Magazine image archives on Google

Hollywood High School (1905 and 1907)

The 1905 Hollywood High School football team. Hollywood High was only 2 years old in 1905, Interesting how protective gear focused on leg protection, rather than oh, I don't know, the head. The lad to the far left in the first row seems to have invested in elbow protections as well. I dig the shoulder detail on his sweater. I'm guessing the wicker jug in the foreground was just water? Perhaps there's some more significance there, maybe it's a trophy a la the Territorial Cup or Old Oaken Bucket.

The 1907 basketball team. Legendary automobile designer Harley Earl went to HHS around this time, but he would have been a Freshman in '07 as he was born in 1893. Could he possibly be the seated 5 in the center (haha) right of the photo?

the letterman sweater: Des Moines (1945)

"Letter sweaters (for various sports) are desired by all teen-age boys.
Location: Des Moines, IA, US, Date taken: June 1945, Photographer:Nina Leen"

from the Life Magazine archives.

the varsity jacket: Mergenthaler Vocational- Technical High School (1954)

"Students sitting outside with school jackets on, at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School" from Life Magazine, 1954

The students model three, count 'em, THREE different varsity jackets. I prefer the "Mervo" model.

Wampum High School basketball uniform (1957)

" Wampum High-school team member during "handicap" practice session, wearing weighted smocks, golashes, gloves, glasses which partially obstruct vision, all intended to improve their game." from Life Magazine, December 1957

Dig the striped side piping on those shorty short shorts!