Individual Swiss State Schools: Tössfeld School

Figure 1.-- A group of 6-year old children, apparently 1st graders, at the Tössfeld School in Winterthur, Switzerland, a town close to Zurich, almost a suburb of the city. The photo was taken February 18, 1954. The teacher standing in back is Frau Schuler. All the children seem to be wearing long woolen stockings with hose supporters and short trousers. You can see the garter clasp of the boy sitting at the extreme left. Two boys, however, standing at the extreme left are apparently wearing plus-four knickers which were sometimes substituted for shorts and stockings in cold weather.

A group of 6-year old children, apparently 1st graders, at the Tössfeld School in Winterthur, Switzerland, a town close to Zurich, almost a suburb of the city. The photo was taken February 18, 1954. The teacher standing in back is Frau Schuler. All the children seem to be wearing long woolen stockings with hose supporters and short trousers. You can see the garter clasp of the boy sitting at the extreme left. Two boys, however, standing at the extreme left are apparently wearing plus-four knickers which were sometimes substituted for shorts and stockings in cold weather. One boy in the front row illustrates the style of plus-fours. Notice that some of the boys hold up their plus-fours or short trousers with leather suspenders. But these are not halters with cross pieces like those usually worn with Lederhosen. Notice that some of the children seem to have taken off their outdoor boots and are wearing slippers for indoors (see the footwear of the boy and girl at the extreme left). In Switzerland in the public schools there was usually no separation of boys and girls, unlike similar schools in Germany. The Swiss schools tended to be coeduational. Private schools, on the other hand, did usually segregate boys and girls. Notice the picture hung at the back of the room--apparently showing flowers that are amusingly taller than the man in their midst. This could be an illustration from a fairy-tale or perhaps part of a nature lesson.

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