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U.S. School Clothes: Burksville School (Burkesville School, Kentucky)

Bukesville School
Figure 1.-- This is a rare photograph of 1860s school class. School photography was onlky beginning at the time. It is a 1/2 plate (5.5" x 4.5" cased tin type. Most tintypes were not cased, but in the early-1860s some were because the convention of casing Dags and Ambros was so strong. A tin type meant that only one copy was avaialble. This is why almost all school portraits were albumen prints so copies could be made for the parents who wanted them to send to family and friends. Probably it was made for the teacher.

This is a rare photograph of 1860s school class. School photography was only beginning at the time. It is a 1/2 plate (5.5" x 4.5" cased tin type. Most tintypes were not cased, but in the early-1860s some were because the convention of casing Dags and Ambros was so strong. A tin type meant that only one copy was avaialble. This is why almost all school portraits were albumen prints so copies could be made for the parents who wanted them to send to family and friends. Probably one coopy portraits were made for the teacher. Unlike most cased portrits, there is some information about this portrait. The teachrr is identified in the case as Victoria Cheek. The school was located at Burkesville Kentucky. This portrit had to be taken during or just after the Civil War (1861-65), as Miss Cheek was married in 1866. Her new name was Rand. The boys wear a variety of suit jackets with long pants. Stangrly, two children at the center look like boys wearing smocks over asorted garments. We don't know what to make of that. One of the boys looks very young, the other who may be his brother is several years older. We have not seen that before.







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