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school uniform: United States -- individual schools Tuder School
U.S. School Clothes: Tuder School (1901)
Figure 1.--This photograph of the Tuder School was taken on April 29, 1901. A reader thinks the children were dressed up for the occasion. Apparently they are their parents were old in advance that a photographer was coming. We see a few little boys wearing Fauntleroy ruffled collars. It is a little difficult to tellm but it looks like only the younger boys were wearing knee pants. It is likely that some of the older boys would be wearing knee pants in a city school. A few of the youngest children are barefoot. Quite a few boys have hats, some of the boys in front are wearing them.
Here we see the Tuder School, although the plaque is a little difficult to read. Unlike many schools, the name does not seem to come from the name of a town, but rather the Tuder family which was prominant in the county. That was rather unusual to name a school after a family, but Texas like other southern states was slow to develop a public school system. You can see the board wall of the school in the background.
The school was located in northeastern Eastland County, Texas. This is a rural county with both ranches and oil fields. There is no town with that name, but this is a rural school so it might have been a very small place. We notice a Tudor Cemetary. While a rural school, it was not a real small school. We notice about 75 children. The photograph was taken on April 29, 1901. A reader thinks the children were dressed up for the occasion. Apparently they are their parents were old in advance that a photographer was coming. We see a few little boys wearing Fauntleroy ruffeled collars. It is a little difficult to tellm but it looks like only the younger boys were wearing knee pants. It is likely that some of the older boys would be wearing knee pants in a city school. Afew of the youngerest children are barefoot. Quite a few boys have hats, some of the boys in front are wearing them. There is mo longer a Tuder School in the county.
