U.S. School Clothes: The Child's School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)


Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows the graduating class at the Child's School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1924. The cabinet card looks like an early-20th century portrait, but it is dated so we know it was taken at the end of the school year (June 1924). We have not been able to find any information about the school other than what can be noted in the class portrait. It seems a strange name for a school, after all schools are virtully all for children by definition. The photographer was Dan E. Paul in Philadelphia. Put your cirsor on the image to see more of the class. The entire class can be viewed here.

This cabinet card portrait shows the graduating class at the Child's School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1924. The cabinet card looks like an early-20th century portrait, but it is dated so we know it was taken at the end of the school year (June 1924). We have not been able to find much information about the school other than what can be noted in the class portrait. It seems a strange name for a school, after all schools are virtully all for children by definition. We do note some other schools with this name, but not in Phildelphia. We now know that the name does not refer to children. Rather the schhol is named after George William Childs, a noted Philadelphia publisher and philathropist. It is a public school, probably an 8 year elementary (primary) school. So the children would be mostly 13-14 years old. The girls are mostly wearing dreses. We see a few girls wearing what look like middy blouses. We don't see any hair bows, but we do see hair bands. The boys mostly wear suit and ties. Norfolk suits seem popular. Some boys wear cardigan sweaters rather than suit jackets. Most of the boys seem to be wearing knickers and long stockings based on the front row, but some were wearing long pants. .








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