U.S. School Clothes: Cowpens School (South Carolina)


Figure 1.-- This looks like a class group as the children at the Cowpens Elementary School. The photograph was taken in May 1912. The boys wear knickers without shoes and socks. Note the tabs for buckling the knickers. Both the boys and girls are barefoot. Source: Library of Congress LC-DIG-nclc-02556.

This looks like a class group as the children at an elementary (primary) school. They look to be about the same age, perhaps 10-11 years. We know the school was located in Cowpens, South Carolina. We are less sure about the actual name of the school. Naming the school after the town was common, but there were oter names, especially if there were more than ond school in the town. Cowpens was a small town and a key Revolutinary bttle was fought there. The photograph we have was taken in May 1912. That would be close to the end of the school year in June. The boys wear knickers without shoescand socks. Going barefoot was quite common in the southern states at the time. The girls are also barefoot and wear print dresses.









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