Figure 1.-- Here we see a small group in the early 1950s taking their First Communion. We are not sure just what kind of group it was. There were nine children. That seems to be too small to be a school group. The children are emaculately dressed.

Here we see a small group in the early 1950s taking their First Communion. We are not sure just what kind of group it was. There were nine children. That seems to be too small to be a school group. The children are emaculately dressed. The boys wear what look like expensive short pants suits. The boys all wear exactly the same suit which means a suit had to be purchased specifically for the ceremony. The only difference we note is slightly different white kneesocks and one boy wearing black rather than white shoes. The girls wear what look like little nuns habits. (Minature wedding dresses were more common.) These outfits look expensisve thus this could not have been a normal primary school group with children of varying economic backgrounds. Perhaps they attended an exclusive private school. The children were photographed at the altar with the priest that gave them their First Communion.

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