Saturday, January 30, 2016

No Coat, No Shoes

One teacher, thirty-seven students.  They range in age from elementary to high school seniors. While others are wearing coats, the boy in the first row on the far left has come to school on picture day with no coat and no shoes.
From the clothing styles, I estimate that it was taken somewhere from the early 1920s to the mid 1930s. That brick building behind them looks bigger than a one room school.  Buddy Baker says that it looks like the back of Reese School to him.  But two other schools in Warrensburg at that time, Crissy and Pershing, were built on the same plans.  Does anyone recognize the school or any of the people in the photograph? Or can anyone give a better estimate as to the year this was taken?

Here's another picture that may be from the 1940s or 1950s.
Does anyone recognize the uniforms or the place where this photo was taken?

If you know anything about either picture, please leave a message in the comments section.

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