page_title: Sock hop
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: Sock hop / See also
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of attendees removing or putting on shoes at a "Sox Hop" at Shimer College in 1947-1948, from the 1948 Shimer yearbook (page 51). The Sox Hop is mentioned elsewhere in the yearbook as having been sponsored by the school YWCA. Now a liberal arts college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum, Shimer was then a four-year women's junior college in Mount Carroll, Illinois. Published in the school's 1942 yearbook, which does not contain a copyright notice. Additionally in the public domain due to the terms of dedication of the Shimer College Collection (which includes a copy of this yearbook) to NIU in 1979, which vested literary rights in the collection in the public.
context_page_description: A sock hop or sox hop, often also called a record hop or just a hop, was an informal sponsored dance event for teenagers in mid-20th-century North America, featuring popular music.
context_section_description: Sokkie - a similar idea in South Africa
  School dance - modern incarnation of sock hops, shoes typically being mandatory for safety purposes (to avoid slipping and falling, shoe theft, etc.)
  Prom - formal school dance in North American high schools, usually held for seniors (and sometimes juniors in a 'junior prom') at the end of the school year
  Social dance
caption: Students removing their shoes for a sock hop.
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