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a teenage boy and girl after being named homecoming king and queen
October 3, 2020

Homecoming Royalty

Students are crowned homecoming king and queen during a football game at Maricopa High School in Arizona. When this story was published in 1977, Maricopa was considered a small town outside of the suburban sprawl. Now, it's considered part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Photograph by H. Edward Kim, Nat Geo Image Collection
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