Figure 1.--The children in this class at the Ecole de La Crau in 1959-60 do not wear the traditional school smocks that were so common in France through the 1950s. The portrait seems to have been taken at the end of the school year with warm summer weather. Its a little unclear what the girls are wearing, but it looks like mostly dresses. The boys wear shorts and simple short-sleeved shirts, including "T"-sgirts. They also wear sandals. A boy in the first row wears the new plastic sandals.

The Ecole de La Crau is a primary school located in Châteaurenard, a small French town 10 km from Avignon. Available photographs show classes with a traditional arrangement with two seat desks. The class was photographed in the 1959-60 school year. The children do not wear the traditional school smocks that were so common in France through the 1950s. The portrait seems to have been taken at the end of the school year with warm summer weather. Its a little unclear what the girls are wearing, but it looks like mostly dresses. The boys wear shorts and simple short-sleeved shirts, including "T"-sgirts. They also wear sandals.

The Village

Châteaurenard is a small French town along the southern coast. It is about 10 km from Avignon.

The School

The Ecole de La Crau is a small town primary school located in Châteaurenard.

Chronology

We are not sure when the school was founded. We have several photographs from the school taken at differehtv times.

1955-56

Here we see a class in 1955. The boys mostly wore collared shirts and short pants. There were no "T"-shirts. Some boys also wore sweaters, a " chandail ". Many boys did not wear socks. This was not common in Paris. The girls wear dresses and most, unlike the boys, have socks.

1959-60

Here we see one of the classes in the school (figure 1). The class has a traditional arrangement with two seat desks. The class was photographed in the 1959-60 school year. The children do not wear the traditional school smocks that were so common in France through the 1950s. The portrait seems to have been taken at the end of the school year with warm summer weather. Its a little unclear what the girls are wearing, but it looks like mostly dresses. The boys wear shorts and simple short-sleeved shirts, including "T"-sgirts. They also wear sandals. A boy in the first row wears the new plastic sandals.

1982

Here we see a class in 1982. This looks to be the youngest class. Notice that this school in southerm France. Thus it is is located in an area with warm weather. As a result of the warm weather, most of the children as well as the teacher do not wear socks. One little boy wears a new style of smocks which was very short. Also we see boys wearing T-shirts.

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