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School smocks were very common in Europe by the 1930s. We do nor see them in Britain and Germany, but they were very commn in many other countries. We note quite a few Greek school portraits in which a few boys are wearing smocks, but not the whole class. This is rather unusual. We don't know ofany ther country where smock use was so common without a school requirement. Nor do we know of a countrywhere more boys wore smocks than girls. The class here in the 1930s is a good example (figure 1). It suggests that quite a few Greek mothers liked the idea of school smocks, but that few schools required them. Perhaps our Greek readers will have some insights on this. We are not sure just what was influencing Greek mothers. Italy might have been an influence, alhough the smocks do not look lke the Italian school smocks. Perhaps his school was unusual. We are looking into this s we expand our HBC-SU website. We note several boys wearing school mocks at an unidentified school in the 1930s. They are identical styles with patch pockets. For some reason, the girls at this school are not wearing smocks. In most countries, it was he girls were more likely to wear smocks and at older ages.
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