Figure 1.--Here we see a Berlin Kindergarten in 1925, during the Weimar Republic. They look to be about 5 years old. Most of the class seem to be boys, but there are a few girls also. They almost all are wearing pinafores that go over their regular street clothes. A few of the children don't wear smocks. Note the boy in the back row in a sailor suit. Two children on the rug in front have bare knees (the boy has knee socks, the girl has mid-calf white socks), but almost all the others wear long stockings. Black long stockings seem to predominate (notice the exposed hose supporter clasp on the right leg of the boy to the extreme right in the second row), but the boy in the back row (first on the left) wears brown stockings with his short trousers. Notice his rather long haircut which makes him look a bit like the girls, but his short trousers are the give-away that he is a boy. The teacher is in the back row at the right. Although it is rather hard to see, there is the music for a class song on the easal at the left rear of the room. Note also the great old stove to keep the classroom warm. |
