Figure 1.--Here we see the Ecole d'Essey-la-Côte about (vers?) 1904. We have no information on the school other than the school name. The mixture of ages and gender suggest to us that it is a small village school. We assume the name of the school is the name of the village. There are a mix of children in the school. Some look more nursery school age than school age. We are not sure why such young children were included in the school. |
Here we see the Ecole d'Essey-la-Côte about (vers?) 1904. We have no information on the school other than the school name. The mixture of ages and gender suggest to us that it is a small village school. We assume the name of the school is the name of the village. We do not know where this village is located. Hopefully our French readers will be able to tell us more. There are a mix of children in the school. Some look more nursery school age than school age. We are not sure why such young children were included in the school. Some of the boys are not yet breeched, but it is a little difficult to discern who is a boy and who is a girl.
Here we see the Ecole d'Essey-la-Côte about. We have no information on the school other than the school name. The mixture of ages and gender suggest to us that it is a small village school. The mixture means that this is the entire school and not just one class, unless there is a separate group of older children. A reader writes, "Like in canada in rural areas, children were grouped in multilevel schools. The groupings depended on the number of children enrolled. Maybe that is why you will find some differences between them." City schools at this time were normally separate boys and girls schools. This was not possible in small villages where there were barely enough children to justify a single school. There are a mix of children in the school. Some look more nursery school age than school age. We are not sure why such young children were included in the school.
The image here is described as "vers 1904". I think that means about 1904. Tghe only image we have of the school is this 1904 photograph.
We assume the name of the school is the name of the village. It is a very small village. I'm not sure about 1904, but in the 2000s there were only 95 inhabitants. It is located in the Vosges region of eastern France. It is a mountainous region and cold in winter.
Their school was located inside the village hall. The name of the chuch is Notre Dame de Bon Secours. We note a First Communion at the village church in 1964.
The clothing here provides an interesting view of a French school at the turn of the 20th century. As it is a nice clear image, we can make out a good bit of the clothing details. A variety of clothing-related topics occur to us. Hopefully our French readers will provide some insights here. Overall the children seem very well dressed. I was a little surprised to see this in a village school. We wonder if this was common at thetime and if trends would have been different in a city school. I am not sure yet how representative it is. We hope to learn more about this as we had more French schools to our archive. There are several interesting aspects tp this image. Note that none of the children wear smocks. Also note that some of the boys are not yet breeched and or wearing dresses. Or would these have been considered fancy smocks? We note several of the children wear sailor styled clothes. The boys appear to wear knee pants, but knee pants cut at about calf level. Some kind of neckwear seems standard for the boys, at least the boys who have been breeched.
It is a little difficult to discern who is a boy and who is a girl. Most of the children with short hair look like boys to us. Even the ones wearing smocks/dresses. We assume that these are boys who have not yet been breeched. They look about 5 years old, except for one even hyounger looking boy. Short hair was clearly the style for boys, although not the extremely close-cropped style we have seen at some schools. We are unsure if many younger girls had short hair at the time. We note that some of the older girls have relatively short hair, although longer tan the boys who have very short hair. The girls seem to have their hair pulled back. This style probably makes their hair look shorter than it actually is.
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