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U.S. School Clothes: Charles City High School (Iowa)


Figure 1.-- Here we see a cabinet card portrait of the 7th grade class at Charles City High School. Photo is 4.5x6.5 inches, the mount is 6.5x8.5 inches. We see a substantial stone and brick building in he background. The photograph highights the girls in the class, placing them in the front. We only see one girl wih hair bows. The girls wear both dresses and blouses and skirts. Four girls wear sailor dresses. Two girl hold impressive hats. For some reason, many of he boys are holding their caps. All of the boys wear different styles of suits with lapel jackets--mostly high set lapels. Many of the boys wear ties. No sailor suits. Only bone boy has large collar. All of the boys we can see wear knee pants. Both the boys and girls wear long stockings. Put your cursor on the image to see rest of the claas. The cabinet card was the new style grey-green mounts we so commonly see after the turn-of-century. Photo is 4.5x6.5 inches, backer board is 6.5x8.5 inches.

The boards held by the children in a 1902 portrait clearly identify the 7th grade class of Charles City High School. Unfortunately there are several towns in America named Charles City. We believe this was probably the Iowa Charles City, in part because there continues to be a Charles City High School in the Iowa town. It is sited on the location of a Winnebago Indian village for the identical reasions, the Cedar River as well as nearby timber lands--a rarity in Iowa. For a small town, Charles City has an impresive history--the birth place of the tractor. This was a new term, a combinatiion of the word traction and power Iowa. Production began about the same time that the portrait was taken. The company continued producing tractors until 1993, a Rust Belt victim as the U.S. Government failed to protect its manufacturers. The school is an impressive stone and brick building. The photograph highights the girls in the class, placing them in the front. They wear both dresses and blouses and skirts. Four girls wear sailor dresses. Two girl hold impressive hats. For some reason, many of he boys are holding their caps. All of the boys wear different styles of suits with lapel jackets--mostly high set lapels. Many of the boys wear ties. No sailor suits. Only bone boy has large collar. All of the boys we can see wear knee pants. Both the boys and girls wear long stockings. The 7th grde would mean most of the children were 12 years old. Generally high schools were 9-12th grade. As Charles City was a small town, the school included 7th and 8th graders.








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