This is a school portrait from colonial Algeria taken in 1951. We do not know the name of the school or location, but it is probably Algiers. The sorce udentified the boys as 9 year olds, meaning the fourth year of primary school. We see a wide range of outfits including berets, knit caps, jackets, sweaters, shirts, smocks, pants, what look like rompers, and a varierty of footwear. We see both French and Algerian boys. Several boys wear smocks, both Algerian and French boys, but they are not a required item. If you look closely, you will notice that the boy in the front row on the end (his right our left) wears a suspender romper even though they were 9 year olds. I suspect other children also wore rompers but it is harder to tell for sure! The boy in the beret in the row behind the one in the romper with the Peter Pan collar, the boy sitting on the ground with a suspender outfit and possibly one other the boy with the striped sweater.
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