Individual Swiss State Schools: Winterthur School--Kindergarten

Figure 1.--The school photographer visited the school on March 4, 1946, less than a year after World War II ended in Europe. Both photos can thus be precisely dated. The first image shows two boys from a kindergarten class. These boys look to be about 6 years old, the upper age for kindergartens in Switzerland. The boys wear short pants with suspenders. In one case the suspenders are leather and are worn in addition to a leather belt. The long stockings are obviously worn with a Strapsleibchen, the garter attachments of which show on the upper leg--apparently because the stockings aren't quite long enough. The boys were probably growing quite fast. Notice that the suspenders in both cases are worn on top of sweaters rather than underneath.

The school photographer visited the school on March 4, 1946, less than a year after World War II ended in Europe. Both photos can thus be precisely dated. The first image shows two boys from a kindergarten class. These boys look to be about 6 years old, the upper age for kindergartens in Switzerland. The boys wear short pants with suspenders. In one case the suspenders are leather and are worn in addition to a leather belt. The long stockings are obviously worn with a Strapsleibchen, the garter attachments of which show on the upper leg--apparently because the stockings aren't quite long enough. The boys were probably growing quite fast. Notice that the suspenders in both cases are worn on top of sweaters rather than underneath.

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