* school uniform schoolwear : United States -- individual schools 1910




Individual U.S. School (1910)


Figure 1.--This Artura postcard back portrait shows what look like an 8th grade graduating class at F.A. in 1910. They look to be about 13 years old. And that is withinin the yearrange of Artura post cards. We are not sure what F.A. stabnds for, but surely it is the name of the school. The "A" could mean Academy which would suggest a private school. And the children are dressed very smartly which also suggests a private school. Private schools at the time, however, were mostly single gender schools. The boys wear mostly knee pants suits.

We have a large number of class portraits from 1910. School photiograohy was by this time a well established tradition. Boys into their early-teens wore knee pants, commonly knee pants suits of vasrious types to school younger boys might wear blouses and knee pants. We see some sailor suits. We see some Eton collars, but not very many. The flat cap was becoming very popular. A few boys had center hair parts. Girls wore both blouses with skirts and dresses. Only a few girls had hair bows. Most children wore long stockings. Black long stockings were especoally common. A few younger boys as well as girls of differenht ages might wear white long stockings. There were major suifferenves between city and rural schools. There were still many small rural sdchools throughout America. And here iveralls were very common. Younger boys at the rural schools commonly came to school barefoot. This varied regionally because of climate.

U.S. Scout School, Paris (early 1910s)

This school is a mystery to us. It appears to be a school named the U.S. Scout School. It was located in Paris, France. The boys appear to be American boys wearing Scout uniforms. The pgotoigraph appears to have been taken in a shop of some kind, perhaps a carpentry class. They are wearing protective shop aprons. The photograph is not dated, but we would guess it was taken in the early 1910s before World War I (1914). Surely it was taken after the U.S. Boy Scout movement was founded which would men after 1909. We have no idea why there would be a U.S. Scout school in Paris or just what a scout school involved. Hopefully we will eventually find out more.

Roaring Brook School (1910)

We know very little about this school other than the name, the Roaring Brook School. It is apparently a small rural school, presumably a one-room schoo, in upsate New York. We believe that the school would have taken children from grade 1-8. That would have meant children from about age 6-13 or perhaps 14. After finishing here, if they continued their education they would have entered a city high school. The photograph here at the school was taken in 1910. It is a bit difficult to tell, but the boys look to be wearing knickers rather than knee pants. The children look rather dressed up for their portrait. We suspect that some normally wore overalls.

Hogden School (Oaklahoma)

We believe the school here was called the Hogden School. It was located in Hodgen, a small town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. The photograph we have was taken in 1910. It was a white, wood slat building. There look to be about 80 children in the photograph. Most bpys wear knee pants and went barefoot. Only a few boys wear overlls. We note some Native American children at the school. Only two teachers are with the children, a man and a woman.

Masonville School (1910)

We have one image taken some time in the 1910-11 school year. Unfortunately it is a little difficult figuring out just what the children are wearing in this shot. The photograph is identified as being taken during the 1910-11 school year. One interesting observation from these early 20th century New York school images is that even though they are taken at a rural school, none of the boys are wearuing overalls.

A.F. (1910)

This Artura postcard back portrait shows what look like an 8th grade graduating class at F.A. in 1910. American elementary schools at the time include both 6 and 8 year schools. The 8 year schools were when junior high schools were not available. They look to be about 13 years old. And 1910 is withinin the year range of Artura post cards. We are not sure what F.A. stands for, but surely it is the name of the school. The "A" could mean Academy which would suggest a private school. And the children are dressed very smartly which also suggests a private school. Private schools at the time, however, were mostly single gender schools. The boys wear mostly knee pants suits. Clearly most parents saw knee panrs as approprisate fior 13-year olds. Two boys have long pants suits. We notice both neck ties and bow ties. Three boys seem to be wearing crew neck sweaters rather than ties or perhaps they are covered over. One boy has center parted hair. Most of the girls wear white blouses. Several wear dresses, including various sailor styles. Quite a few girls have dark hairbows worn at the back of their necks. I am not sure about the colors.

Waycross School (1910)

Here we have a cabinet portrait of a class in Waycross, Georgia. The town was founded just as the South's cotton economy was taking hold (1820). It is located in southeastern Georgiam near the Florida line. The town is known as the 'Headwaters of the Okefenokee'--just to the south of the town is the famed Okefenokee Swamp. The enscription on the back suggests the portrait was taken in 1910, although 1909 is possible. The chikdren seem to be 8 year olds, suggesting that this is a 3rd grade class. The writing is a little indistinct, but one of the boys was apparently born in 1902 and we think he is 8 years old, suggesting the portrait was taken in 1910. As it is hard to read, we could be off a year or two, but not much more. Have a look at the witing and see if you can make out the writing any better. We think 1909-10 is very likely, in part because the boys are wearing both knee pants and knickers. Kinckers first appeared in large numbers about 1908 and were virtually universal in the 1910s. An exception was younger boys who to an extent continued to wear knee pants. We think the boy's name is John Franlklin White. This is a particularly interesting image in that the children are ourside weaing their headwear and coats. The girls are wearing hats--sailor styles seem very popular. the boys are wearing suits and caps. Peaked caps (what the British call a school cap) seem the most popular, but we see some flat caps which would become the standard cap in the 1910s. Headwear on the 1900s was mixed. Peaked caps began to taken on social class conmotations in the 1910s while the flat cap likr lnickers became almost universal.






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