U.S. School Clothes: Globe School (Arizona)


Figure 1.--A portrait from the 1920s show a class from Globe, Arizona. It looks to be about a 5th grade class. Globe was a mining town. We are not sure about the name of the school. It was probably the Globe School, but we know it was located in Globe. It was an elementary (primary) school. The boys wear overalls and knickers with knee socks and long stockings. One boy wears short pants and knee socks. The boys are not wearing their caps, except for ond boy who wears a bennie. The girls all wear dresses. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the class.

A portrait from the 1920s show a class from Globe, Arizona. Globe was a mining town. We are not sure about the name of the school. It was probably the Globe School, but we know it was located in Globe. It was an elementary (primary) school. The boys wears shirts and blouses, a few with neckties. Notice how many of the boys whjo have buttoned their shirts at the neck. The boys also wear overalls and knickers with knee socks and long stockings. Two boys wear their knickers over their knees. One boy wears short pants and knee socks. The boys are not wearing their caps, except for ond boy who wears a bennie. The girls all wear dresses. Notice that none of the children are barefoot. Many but not all of the children are wearing high-top shoes. Notice the many Mexican-Americans in the class.

Globe, Arizona

Globe was founded in 1875 as a mining town. Prospectors found silver in the San Carlos Apache Reservation, including an unusual globe-shaped silver nugget for whichg the new town was named. Globe is fairly near Phoenix.

The School

This must have been a public school. We are not sure about the name of the school. It was probably the Globe School, but we know it was located in Globe. It was an elementary (primary) school. It probably had grades 1 through 6. That would be children 6-13 years of age.

The 1910s

Here we see a group of children from Globe, Arizona. We think they attended the Globe school. It is not clear where they are located. Perhaps they are gathered outside their school. They boys may be old enough to be in one of the early grades of high school., but they look to be at a house rather than the school. The photograph is undated, but looks like the 1910s to us. The boys look to be about 11-13 years old. This seems to be part of a larger school photo. The little boxes at the upper right appear to have been someone's attempt to identify the boys, and were clearly superimposed by another person years after the photo was taken. The boys are wearing suits, rather rumpled, and not always with a tie. The flat caps belong to the period. They wear knee pants with black long stockings. One of the boys is wearing round garters to hold up his blackstockings rather than the more conventional hose supporters.

The 1920s

Portraits from the 1920s show classes at the Globe Arizona elementary school durung the 1920s.

1st graders

This Globe elementary primary school contains a number of Hispanic and Native American children, apparently. There seem to be a predominance of boys although we see a few girls. I think this must be the first grade because the kids look very young, no older than six in most cases. The variety of clothes the boys wear is striking--overalls, white shirts with short pants and knee socks or short pants and long stockings (one boy on the extreme left is obviously wearing white long stockings with supporters), but even long trousers are evident in a few places. A few of the girls have very large hair bows, and we notice one boy in a dark sailor suit. One boy has a dark short pants suit on.

5th graders

The boys in what looks like the 5th grade class here wear shirts and blouses, a few with neckties (figure 1). Notice how many of the boys whjo have buttoned their shirts at the neck. The boys also wear overalls and knickers with knee socks and long stockings. Two boys wear their knickers over their knees. One boy wears short pants and knee socks. The boys are not wearing their caps, except for ond boy who wears a bennie. The girls all wear dresses. Notice that none of the children are barefoot. Many but not all of the children are wearing high-top shoes. Notice the many Mexican-Americans in the class.







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