Figure 1.--This large cabinet card portrait shows an 8th grade graduation class with the parish priest. At the time many primary schools went up to the 8th grade. The children are holding their diplomas and have a stack of them in front. The portrait is dated 1922. The class is from St. Stanistawa School of South Bend, Indiana. Stanistawa is the Polish form of Stanistlas, a beloved Polish saint. It is obviously a Polish parish. The photographer is also noted on the matte as E. Grzywienski, South Bend, Ind. The boys in front all wear knicker suits with long stockings. Presumably the boys in the back who look a little older also probably wear knicker suits, certainly some of them. The girls wear while dresss with white long stocks. Many have huge hair bows. They do not show up very well as they are worn at the back of the head. All the girls have head bands, something w do not see commonly.

This large cabinet card portrait shows an 8th grade graduation class with the parish priest. At the time many primary schools went up to the 8th grade. This was especially the case of Catholic parochial schools. There were not that many Catholic high schools at the time. And most Catholics were still working-class families whose children did not go on the secondary school. They children are holding their diplomas and have a stack of them in front. The portrait is dated 1922. The class is from St. Stanistawa School of South Bend, Indiana. Stanistawa is the Polish form of Stanistlas, a beloved Polish saint. The Stanistawa form is written on the mount, but ghe pennent has the Stanistlas form. It is obviously a Polish parish. This is a very large format cabinet card. The photo, itself, measures 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in and its mounted onto a cardboard matte (with leaf embossing around photo) making the entire item 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. The photographer is also noted on the matte as "E. Grzywienski, 1150 W. Division St., South Bend, Ind." The boys in front all wear knicker suits with long stockings. Presumably the boys in the back who look a little older also probably wear knicker suits, certainly some of them. The girls wear while dresses with white long stocks. Many have huge hair bows. They do not show up very well as thet are worn at the back of the head. All the girls have head bands, something we do not see commonly.

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