Individual U.S. School: Unidentified Sod School (1912)


Figure 1.-- Unfortunately we do not know the name of this wonderful sod school. Note the stove pipe, presumably coming from a pot belly stove. They probably used cow 'chips' gathered by the children for fuel. All we know for sure is that it was AZO photoback postcard photograph taken in 1912. We are not sure when the school was built, but it looks to be in good shape, probably it was rather new. (Sod schools and houses held up well in high winds, but they did not weather well.) We do not know where the school was located, but it was clearly somewhere on the Great Plains. Notice the flat background. We would guess the northern Plains, perhaps Minesota or the Dakotas.

Unfortunately we do not know the name of this wonderful sod school. Note the stove pipe, presumably coming from a pot belly stove set in the middle of the room. They probably used cow 'chips' gathered by the children for fuel. There seem to be several windows. All we know for sure is that it was AZO photoback postcard photograph taken in 1912. We are not sure when the school was built, but it looks to be in good shape, probably it was rather new. (Sod schools and houses held up well in high winds, but they did not weather well.) We do not know where the school was located, but it was clearly somewhere on the Great Plains. Notice the flat background. We would guess the northern Plains, perhaps Minesota or the Dakotas. Sod schools and homes were also built on the southern plains. . This is a good example that no matter where a child lived in the United States, there was a school he or she could attend. There are 13 children, probably mostly first generation Americans. The boys mostly wear knee pants. The girls wear dresses and pinafores. All the children not wearing overalls wear long black stockings. The boys all wear caps. The girls do not wear hats, but we would guess wore them to school. Notice their teacher in the back.






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