Figure 1.--This undated photo shows three French-speaking Canadian boys walking to school, probably in the 1940s. Unlike some Canadian school images, this looks more Ruropean than American. |
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School activity photographs are very valuable in understanding educational trends. We see the children coming and going to school. There are many similarities between America and Canada. MKost primary school children walk to school. This was even common in rural areas when one room schools were common, but school consolidation has meant that many rural children now ride busses. This same process has occurred in America. Thus many of the images of school children going to school are quite similar. We do see some images that look duifferent. And of course in Canada during the winter, the children are bundled up. Of course there are areas of Canada (especially southeastern Ontario) are at similar latitudes to states like Michigan and New York. The images often look similar to American children in the northern tier of states. Here there are economic, cultural, geopgraphic, and climatic similarities. We believe school busses and personal cars were very common in Canada, like America.
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