Evidence of the first high school proms was not recorded in high school yearbooks until the 1930s and 1940s.
CARTERET -- Richard Mancini Jr. and Sue Pavlonnis posed for this photo before the Carteret High School Junior Prom in 1963.
In an article titled "From Debutante Balls to High School Hops," randomhistory.com notes that "while evidence of the first high school proms was not recorded in high school yearbooks until the 1930s and 1940s, historians believe proms existed at the college level well before that time period."
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