U.S. School Clothes: Roselawn School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Figure 1.-- Here we see a typical American elementary school. The school was located in Cincinnati, Ohio. We do not have any detailed information about the school. We assume that it was a 1st theough 6th shool, although we are not sure about grade 6. There was also a kindergarden. As there was no uniform, the clothes worn by the children at schools like are a good reflection of how children dressed over time in the United States.

Here we see a typical American elementary school. The school was located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The history of the school, however, is different from most schools. Roselawn is in fact the result of combining two schools. One was a special school for orthepedically challenged children.

Roselawn School (19??-82)

We assumed the scholl was a 1st theough 6th shool, although we are not sure about grade 6. There was also a kindergarden. It appears that it was a school with classes up to 8th grade. I'm not sure when Roselawn School was founded. The school was founded to promote academic challenge with a strong base of community support and significant parental involvement. Roselawn was one of the first primary-level schools in Ohio offer a college preparatory alternative program. Roselawn offered this program through the 8th grade. The image here is from the Roselawn school in 1957.

Condon School (1919-82)

The Junior League and the Rotary Club of Cincinnati in 1919 began to organizes classes for orthopedically handicapped children at the Cincinnati General Hospital. The Condon school evolved from these classes. The school was named in honor Randall J. Condon, the Cincinnati Superintendent of Schools at the time. , whose picture now hangs in the front hall of the school. This school was one of the first in the country to be designed with a view towards the needs of otrthopedically handicapped children. Because of its excellent program for physically disabled students, Condon School 's population of students came from school districts throughout the Cincinnati area and surrounding counties and districts. An example of educational excellence had been established in Cincinnati .

Merger--Roselawn Condon School (1982- )

Cincinnati voters approved a levy to finance the construction of a new school for orthopedically handicapped students. The new Federal Education for All Handicapped Act, PL 94-142 made such a school unecessary. The Act provided guarantees for all handicapped children to be educated in the least restrictive environment. Cincinatti education officials decided that the new school to replace the old Condon School should have non-disabled students. School officials looked at a variety of alternatives. They finally decided that Condon School and Roselawn School would be merge and a new school built in Roselawn. The actual merger took place in 1982 when the staff and students moved into the new building. The new school offeres a range of programs, including college preparatory, neighborhood, and disabled,

School Clothes

As there was no uniform, the clothes worn by the children at schools like are a good reflection of how children dressed over time in the United States. Here we see a 2nd grade class. The portrait illustrates a lot of typical fashions at the time. The girls are all wearing dresses or blouses and skirts. Not of the girls are wearing pants. The boys wear a wide variety of coloful shirts. Note how many of the boys button the collars of their shirts. Several boys wear open collars and white "T" shirts. These boys are all wearing colorful collared shirts. In warmer weather many boys would have worn T-shirts. One boy wears a long-sleeved polo shirt. There is a wide range of stripes and checks. All of the boys wear long pants. Note the boy wearing jeans with a flannel lining. These boys all wear leather shoes, None of the boys wear sandals, although sneakers were sometimes worn. Note the boy wearing his Cub uniform He has just turned 8 years old. You can tell that he is a new Cub as there are no badges on his uniform yet. We think that the children were told about the portrait and he decided to wear his uniform. Note the boy wearing what looks like a corduroy suit. I would guess that this was mother's idea.









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