Figure 1.--Here we see an English primary school class at what looks like the Kea School, although the chalk board is a littl difficult to read. It is a cabinet card portrait, probably taken in the 1890s. The children look to us to be about 6 years old, some look like they may be only 5 years old. Age 6 years of course is the age English children began school. Quite a number of the boys wear sailor suits. .Most of the others wear collar-buttoning suit jackets with Eton collars, albeit rather moderare sized Eton collars. The boys seems to be wearing knee pants, mostly with long stockings. There are fewer girls than boys and the way they are placed we can not tell much about the dresses they are wearing.

This one is a little tricky. It is a coed school primary school. We would guess the class portrait was taken in the 1890s. There is a chalk board in front of the boys with the name of the school. The problem is that we are not sure about the writing. We would guess it reads 'Kea School', but we are not sure, the Kea is not very clear. There is a Kea School in Cornwall and it looks to be a 19th century building. The problem is the Kea School in Cornwall is a stone building and this one is brick. So we may be reading board incorrectly. Also we are not sure what Mo. 5 means. We have not noticed schools being referred to by numbers like this. And these look to be younger children. We have not notice forms (grades) being referred to like this and usually the forms for youunger children are lower numbers. Perhaps our English readers will have some insights. The children look to us to be about 6 years old, some look like they may be only 5 yers old. Age 6 years of course is the age English children began school. Quite a number of the boys wear sailor suits. .Most of the others wear collar-buttoning suit jackets with Eton collars, albeit rather moderare sized Eton collars. The boys seems to be wearing knee pants, mostly with long stockings. There are fewer girls than boys and the way they are placed we can not tell much about the dresses they are wearing.

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