Figure 1.--Here we see seven siblings, of a rural Quebec family dcuring the 1930s. They are almost certainly a French Catholic family. French Catholics tended to be quite large. families were often very large. They look to be about 3-13 years old. Given that age range, it is likely a few more children will follow. Interestingly, the clothes the children are wearing do not look American, British, or French.

Here we see seven siblings, of a rural Quebec family dcuring the 1930s. They are almost certainly a French Catholic family. French Catholics tended to be quite large. families were often very large. They look to be about 3-13 years old. Given that age range, it is likely a few more children will follow. The split rail fence we think idntifies the children as Americn or Canadian. Interestingly, the clothes the children are wearing do not look American, British, or French. Rural American boys did not wear short pants and rural British and French boys did not go barefoot. We are less sure how the family would compare to English-speaking farm families outside Quebec. We are less sure how the girls would compare, but we do not think girls commonly when barefoot like that in Britain and France. The girls wear print dresses. Two seem to be wearing a kind og jacket. Economics may be a factor here, especially for large families. Of course there were only a few months children could go barefoot in Canada. A reader writes, "It is true that British and French children didn't often go barefoot by the 1930s, but British children living in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as well French children living in Polynesia pften went barefoot. Also British and French missionary kids often went barefoot."

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