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We know much more about South African school trends in the 20th century, although e have not found a lot of first day piortraits yet. We see children wearing British-style school uniforms. In many cases only the background tells us that we are not in Britain. Schools at private scgools might have elaborate uniforms, just like British prep and public (private secondary schools) with English style uniforms. This was not just the English schools, but the Afrikaans schools as well. The formal uniforms were still common in the 1960s, but we bergin go see more unformal uniforms by the 70s. We are less sure about the state schools. We know that British styles were also widely worn in the state schools. We are not sure just how many schools had iniforms or when uniforms began to be introduced. Another factor was economucs. Afrikaaners in the early-20th century were mostly rural and several affected by the Boer War. Only slowly did they recover from the War and begin to prosper. A factor here was the expanding urban population. We suspect thst differences in schoolwear was primarily an economic matter.
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