U.S. School Clothes: Peabody School (Little Rock, Arkansas)

Figure 1.-- The Peabody School was a public elementary school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock is the capital and largest city in the state. We see a 1st grade class at the Peabody School in 1887.

The Peabody School was a public elementary school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock is the capital and largest city in the state. We see a class at the Peabody School in 1887. Thecsource said it was a 1st grade class, but some of the boys look older. Some boys wear suit jackets and other boys just blouses. Some boys have bows. All the boys seem to wear knee pants, Some with long stockings, other boys hare barefoot. This was a public elementary (primary) school. Unlike the northern states, the Southern states did not have important public school systems before the Civil War. This was one of the complaints of white Southeners about Reconstruction--higher taxes to finabnce public schools. We do not have any history of the Peabody School. Being located in Little Rock, it might have been founded before the Civil War. Arkansas only entered the Union in 1836.







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