Figure 1.--This was the 1978-79 school portrait for Mrs. Gronski's 4th grade class at the Woodmere, New York School No. 6 (figure 1). Woodmere is in Nassau County on Long Island close to New York City. New York City had a tradition of nuumbering rather than naming schools. A 4th grade class in the winter would be mostly 9-year old, but some would turn 10 years by spring. The most notable aspect of the portrait is that all of the girls in the front row are wearing pants, including jeans. Many of these outfits could have been worn by boys as well as girls. This probably over states the importance of pants. And pants were not only seasonal, but also regional. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the class.

This was the 1978-79 school portrait for Mrs. Gronski's 4th grade class at the Woodmere, New York School No. 6 (figure 1). Woodmere is in Nassau County on Long Island close to New York City. New York City had a tradition of nuumbering rather than naming schools. A 4th grade class in the winter would be mostly 9-year old, but some would turn 10 years by spring. The most notable aspect of the portrait is that all of the girls in the front row are wearing pants, including jeans. Many of these outfits could have been worn by boys as well as girls. This probably over states the importance of pants. And pants were not only seasonal, but also regional. We see more girls weating pants in the northern than southrn sttes. We suspect the portrait was taken on a cold winter day. We also see a lot of sweaters. All of the seaters we see are gender neutral. Only one boy and girl wear short-sleeved shirts. Two boys have shirts with contrasting collar/yoke and body. We see a lot of vibrant colors and stripes were common. Notice that shirts with sports logos were not yet common. A lot of boys wear collar-less shirts. We see both V-fronts and crew-collars. Those with collars have long pointed collars. A lot of the children are wearing jeans, but w also see some corduroy. One girl seems to have a bib-front long denim skirt. Notice that the girlks here wear shoes that the boys might hgave worn. None of the boys have short hair. Most have hair over their ears, but only a few have really long hair. Quite a few girls have long hair.

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