U.S. School Clothes: Individual School--Rochester Elementary School (late-1890s)


Figure 1.--This is an elemetary school in Rochster, New York. We do not know the actual name of the school. They are a class of what looks like children about 11 years old, meaning 6th graders. They may be the older children at this Rochester, New York elementary school. Many New York cities had junior high schools for the 7th graders. The children are sitting on the front steps of the school.

This is an elemetary school in Rochster, New York. We do not know the actual name of the school. They are a class of what looks like children about 11 years old, meaning 6th graders. They may be the older children at this Rochester, New York elementary school. Many New York cities had junior high schools for the 7th graders. The children are sitting on the front steps of the school. The girls are decked out in elaborate dresses, only two wear pinafoes. There are different styles, but they all have long hems. Like the boys, they wear blavk long stockings. We do not see hair bows which became very common in the 1900s. The boys mostly wear suits, both collar-buttoning jackets and lapel jackets. Most wear knee pants and black long stockings, although at least one boy seems to be wearing long pants. The cabinet card mount and the girls' dresses tell us the photograph was taken in the 1890s. The dress sleeves in particular suggest the late-90s. The photographer was F.H. Mc Dougall based in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, but with a studio in Rochester.






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