Uster Village School (1940s)

Figure 1.--Uster is district in Zürich canton located in northeastern Switzerland. This is a German-speaking canton. The capital is Uster, a small city. The school here in 1971 may have been located in a village within the district rather than the city. The background suggests a small village school. The girls wear brightly colored dresses, jumpers, and skirts with coordinated knee socks. The boys wear a variety of shirts and sweaters with both short and long pants. Some of the boys are barefoot. The other boys wear both sandals and shoes.

Uster is district in Zürich canton located in northeastern Switzerland. This is a German-speaking canton. The capital is Uster. It is the third largest city in the Canton of Züric. We are not positive that the two schools seen hre are actually the same school. We believe the school pictured here in 1971 may have been located in the city, but it may have been located in a village within the district rather than the city.

The Town

Uster is district in Zürich canton located in northeastern Switzerland. This is a German-speaking canton. The capital is Uster. It is the third largest city in the Canton of Züric. We do not know muh about the town at this time. There was a hosyoric castle in Ister.

Chronology

Here are class from the school during different periods. We are not positive that the two schools seen hre are actually the same school. We believe the school pictured here in 1971 may have been located in the city, but it may have been located in a village within the district rather than the city.

The 1940s

We notice a class of 5th graders, about 10-11 years old, taken at Uster School, in Uster a town in the Zurich canton. The photo waw taken on March 2, 1940 when the weather was still chilly, so the boys whose legs we can see are all wearing long stockings with supporters--mostly and tan shades. These are cotton stockings, probably, rather than wool, although of heavy texture. Woolen stockings tended to be replaced in the late 1930s and 1940s by mixtures of cotton and synthetic yarns to avoid the discomfort of scratching tender legs. You can see Frau Wegman, the teacher, standing at the rear. The boys and girls are obviously in their classroom, but they are turned around in their seats to face the back of the room for purposes of the photograph. One boy has his legs through the open back of his seat--wearing a pullover sweater with a zipper half way down his chest, short trousers, and dark brown long stockings of a ribbed texture. Notice the ornamental buttons on the shorts of the boy sitting next to him at the left and his additional ankle socks, worn over tan long stockings, for additional warmth for his feet. The girls wear pinafores which seem to be obligatory.

The 1970s

The school here in 1971 may have been located in a village within the district rather than the city (figure 1). The background suggests a small village school. The girls wear brightly colored dresses, jumpers, and skirts with coordinated knee socks. The boys wear a variety of shirts and sweaters with both short and long pants. Some of the boys are barefoot. The other boys wear both sandals and shoes.

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