Individual Swiss State Schools: Uster Village School (1940s)

Figure 1.--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.

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.

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