Teen-age boy taking second helping of pork chops. Teen-age boy examining results of his first shave, the necessity for which only he could see, at home. Teenaged boys working on a 1927 Ford Model T. Teen-age boys always carry a comb in their back pocket. Teen-age boy drinking coke and eating crackers in bed. Teen-ager dressed up for a week night date. Here's a series of photographs of teenage boys taken by LIFE photographer Nina Leen in Des Moines, Iowa in 1945. Their styles were not as extreme as the girls but none the less an important shift in fashion history. Boys adopted men’s clothing for their wardrobe but put on a more casual, relaxed, spin on it.
