Figure 1.-- The class portrait was taken during the school year 1928-29 at the primary school of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, a municipality in Baden-Württemberg. Schwarzwald meant Black Forest. We suspect that it was a Catholic school because the area was lagely Catholic. The name of the school does not necsarily suggest that it was Catholic as many Protesant (Luthern) schools were named after the saints. This is an interesting photograph in that the boys seem dressed differently than was commn in Gemany at the time. It was not a small village school as can be seen in the background. The substantial building is presumbly the school. The children, however, are mostly barefoot as you might expect at a small village school.

The class portrait was taken during the school year 1928-29 at the primary school of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, a municipality in Baden-Württemberg. Schwarzwald meant Black Forest. We suspect that it was a Catholic school because the area was lagely Catholic. The name of the school does not necsarily suggest that it was Catholic as many Protesant (Luthern) schools were named after the saints. This is an interesting photograph in that the boys seem dressed differently than was commn in Gemany at the time. It was not a small village school as can be seen in the background. The substantial building is presumbly the school. The children, however, are mostly barefoot as you might expect at a small village school. All of the boys are barefoot and most of the girls. The pivture was prsumaby taken after the Wall Street stock market crash. It would seriously affect German, but the impact would take more than a few months to begin to filter trough and affect children's clothing. Note it was a warm day. You can tell that by the clothing the children are wearing and the fac tht tghere are leaves on the trees. Also interesting is the fact that the boys are wearing long pants or longish pants, even in war, weather. That was not very common for boys this age at the time. Again it suggess a conservative rural community, rather than a town school. Also unusual re te shirt like jackets the bys wear. Many if the girls wear pinafores.

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