* school uniform: United States -- individual schools Bancroft School
U.S. School Clothes: Bancroft School (Bancroft, Iowa)
Figure 1.--Here we see the Bancroft School in Bancroft, Iowa. This is a small town in Kossuth County with a population of about 830 people. It looks like an elementary (primary) school. At the time it was probably a 1st-8th grade school. Those childten who wanted to go on to high school would probably have to go to a larger town. We see the children in front of the school. They seem to be the older children. We do not see many of the younger children you would expect. We count 40 children. That would mean only 5 children per class grade. The substanbtial school in the back is clearly made for more than 40 children. Notice that the boys were nold to wear their caps, but the girls wre told not to wear their hats.
Here we see the Bancroft School in Bancroft, Iowa. This is a small town in Kossuth County with a population of about 830 people. It looks like an elementary (primary) school. At the time it was probably a 1st-8th grade school. Those childten who wanted to go on to high school would probably have to go to a larger town. We see the children in front of the school. They seem to be the older children. We do not see many of the younger children you would expect. We count 40 children. That would mean only 5 children per class grade. The substantial school in the back is clearly made for more than 40 children. The portrait is undated and very difficult to date because we can't tell if the boys are wearing knee pants or knickers, the easiest way to differentiate the 1900s and 10s. We would guess the portrait dates to the 1900s because we think the boys are wearing knee pants, but it is not at all clear because they are all sitting down. One child who looks like a boy seems to be wearing a smock, but we think that the child must be a girl with short hair. We think they would be more common in the 1910s. The boys are all wearing suits. Notice that the boys were nold to wear their caps, but the girls were told not to wear their hats. The portrait is a large size cabinet card. The photo is approximately 6.5 x 5 in while the card matt is 7 x 9 inches. This would suggest the 1900s, but the mount color was not the common ones in the 1900s.
