Figure 1.-- This photo was taken during 1932 in the primary school of Himalanpohja, a place in the Finnish municipality of Ristiina, in the province of Eastern Finland. We suspect this was representative of rural schools in Finland, although we do not know if the area was an average rural area. The children are very plainly dressed, although note that the clothes are not ragged. The boys weae long sleeve shirts and long short pants. The girls wear dresses with short sleeves. Some of the girls wear pinafores. All of the children are barefoot.

This photo was taken during 1932 in the primary school of Himalanpohja, a place in the Finnish municipality of Ristiina, in the province of Eastern Finland. We suspect this was representative of rural schools in Finland, although we do not know if the area was an average rural area. The children are very plainly dressed, although note that the clothes are not ragged. The boys weae long sleeve shirts and long short pants. The girls wear dresses with short sleeves. Some of the girls wear pinafores. All of the children are barefoot. While plainly dressed, they seem much beter off than the children we note in the rural Soviet Union.

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