Figure 1.--We have an interesting image from the Ecole Jean Mace in 1949. We are not entirely sure what kind of school it was. The children in the photograph are nursery school children participating in the end of the year celebration - les Flocons d'Avoine fettes de fin d'Annee.

We have an interesting image from the Ecole Jean Mace in 1949. We are not entirely sure what kind of school it was. All we know for sure was that it was located in Oran, Algeria. The children in the photograph are nursery school children participating in the end of the year celebration - les Flocons d'Avoine fettes de fin d'Annee. For this performance the boys wears rompers and the girls dresses. The choice of costumes is interesting. I believe rompers were chosen for the boys because at the time it was considered a formal dress style for younger boys. The outfits are coordinated in the same colors. Both the boys and girls wear some kind of fance white beret or cap. Presumaly they sang or performed in some way. Note they also have some kind of white feathers in their hands. Unfortunately we have no details. What we are unsure about is CM2 is mentioned. This woukd be older children at the school, up to about 10 years of age. The children here look to be about 4 years old. Perhaps the Ecole Jean Mace had both nursery school and primary school classes. We notice an internet site with some school photographs, but no information about the school. An Algerian reader tells us that, "In Algeria, the romper for boys were very popular. I wore rompers in the late 1940s through 5 years old. For a school fest like the one here, I was dressed in a white romper when I was 6 years old.

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