Figure 1.-- The Okeechobee School was a primary school in southern Florida. Here is the rest of Mrs. Burr's 2nd grade class in 1949. The portrait is a good reflection of how American children were dressing in the late 1940s. Click on the image to see the rest of the class.

Here we see Mrs. Burr's 2nd grade class in 1949. The children would be about 17 years old. Some have probably turned 8, depending on when the photograph was taken. There are no Black children as the schools in Florida were segregated. The girls almost all wear dresses or skirts. Most of the boys wear collared shirts without "T"-shirts underneath. A few boys wear colored "T"-shirts. All of the boys wear long pants despite the hot weather. Many of the children are barefoot, especially the boys. This was about when I began school in Washington, D.C. This is about how I remember being dressed for school, except we never went barefoot to school. Note how the boys' pants are worn at the knees. I can remember how I kept tearing my jeans at the knees and my mother would iron on prepared knee patches. Notice the little girl with her wrist watch.

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