Figure 1.-- The names of American primary schools are confusing they are called elemenatary, grade, and gramamr schools, but they all mean the same thing--primary schools. This usually means the first 6 years, but this varied a little from state to state. Tustin is not a well-known California city. It is located in Orange County, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The portrait we have found is from 1896. At the time, Los Angeles is not the mega city it has become. The 1896 class looks to be 1st Graders. Most of the boys wear fancy, coloful blouses with knee pants. One boy wears a short, but most wear blouses. A few boys wear suit jackets. The girls wear dresses, a few with pinafores.

The names of American primary schools are confusing they are called elemenatary, grade, and gramamr schools, but they all mean the same thing--primary schools. This usually means the first 6 years, but this varied a little from state to state. Tustin is not a well-known California city. It is located in Orange County, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The portrait we have found is from 1896. At the time, Los Angeles is not the mega city it has become. Here we see aschool marm overlooking her class. It is a rather large class of about 50 children. Given that this the beginning tonread year, iy is way too many. The 1896 class looks to be 1st Graders. Most of the boys wear fancy, coloful blouses with knee pants. One boy wears a short, but most wear the fancy blouses. We see a lot of noys weating these blouses in the 1890s and 1900s. The school image here is a good example. A few boys wear suit jackets. The girls wear dresses, a few with pinafores. White dresses seem popular. Only a few boys wear white blouses. A few of the girls wear hair bows, but they are not nearly as popular as they will become in the 20th century. All the children wear dark long stockings and most wear sturdy high-top shoes.

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