U.S. School Clothes: Holderness School (1920s)


Figure 1.-- A photograph is dated 1923 and shows the Holderness basbetball team with their two coaches (note the two adults--in the bow tie at the rear left and in a three-piece suit at the rear right). I did not realize that at least some basketball players of this period wore knee socks with striped tops.

Sports were important at Holderness school. This was also the case at public highschools. One of the most popular sports was basketball. A photograph is dated 1923 and shows the Holderness basbetball team with their two coaches (note the two adults--in the bow tie at the rear left and in a three-piece suit at the rear right). I did not realize that at least some basketball players of this period wore knee socks with striped tops. We do not yet have much information on basketball uniforms at other schools over time. This style became common, I believe, in the 1970s and 1980s, but, so far as I know, was not so usual in the 1920s. Note the knee pads. Another photograph is dated 1925. Note the period touring car. Here we see a group of Holderness boys ready to greet a new arrival to the school. Most of the boys seem to be wearing rather tightly fitting knickers, but the boy at the extreme right wears knee pants and long black stockings. They seem to be about 15 or 16 years old.








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