Figure 1.--We know nothing about this school except the name, the Lycee Jacques Decośr, and the fact that a portrait was taken in 1946-47. We do not know where in France the school was located. We would say that it was probably a state lycee rather than a Catholic school. Judgeing from the photograph, the boys go to quite a large school. |
We know nothing about this school except the name, the Lycee Jacques Decośr, and the fact that a portrait was taken in 1946-47. We do not know where in France the school was located. We would say that it was probably a state lycee rather than a Catholic school. Note the lady teacher. I'm not sure how common that was at a boys' school in the 1940s. There are several interesting observations here. The children seem well dressed here even though it right after World War II. Almost all of the boys wear short pants. Only a few boys wear kneesocks. One boy has rolled his kneesocks down. Several boys wear suits, although some without ties. Only two boys wear smocks, both front-buttoning styles. I'm not sure how to interpret this. It looks like that unless the school encouraged it, few French mothers sent their boys to school in smocks. Or perhps smocks declined in popularity during the War. Perhps our French readers will have some insights here. Most of the boys wear sandals rather than shoes.
We know very little about this school except the name, the Lycee Jacques Decośr. We would say that it was probably a state lycee rather than a Catholic school. I think a Catholic boys' school might have nuns as teachers, but lay women were less likely. Note the lady teacher. I'm not sure how common that was at a boys' school in the 1940s. Actually the front has something of the look of a private school to us, but we are not at all sure. Especially as most French private schools were Catholic and were commonly called colleges. Hopefully our French readers will have some insights here.
We do not know where in France the school was located. We do note the class portrait here was taken by a Paris photograher, so the school must have been located somewhere in or near Paris.
The children in the class here look about 8 or 9 years of age.
We do know that the photograph was taken in 1946-47, only about a yer after the end of World War II. The children seem well dressed here even though it right after World War II. Conditions in France were still very difficult.
There are several interesting observations here. There does not seem to be any discenable school rule about clothing. Several boys wear suits. The double-breasted style seems popular. Even more boys wear sweaters, both sleeveless and long-sleeved sweaters. We notice a range of shirts. Some boys wear ties. Some boys have buttoned their collar buttons. Other wear their shirts in an open neck style. Almost all of the boys wear short pants. I think this is because shorts were so commonly worn in France and not because of any school rule. Only a few boys wear kneesocks. Som boys have rolled their kneesocks down. Several boys wear suits, although some without ties. Only two boys wear smocks, both front-buttoning styles. I'm not sure how to interpret this. It looks like that unless the school encouraged it, few French mothers sent their boys to school in smocks. Or perhps smocks declined in popularity during the War. Perhaps our French readers will have some insights here. Most of the boys wear sandals rather than shoes. T-strap sandals seemed especially popular. One boy wears escadrilles, a kind of canvas shoe.
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