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School Children
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Photographs of classes of schoolchildren are still
popular today and the earliest in this collection is
about 1890.
The first children wearing school uniforms are shown
in pictures of Liverpool Girls College in 1915. Can
you imagine playing in the elaborate dresses worn by
the girls in the pictures of St.Francis of Assisi Roman
Catholic School? Compare these with the clothes which
the children of Banks Road County Primary School are
wearing in 1999.
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In 1869 a photographer asked if he could take photographs
of groups of children at Pleasant Street School. Parents could
then buy copies of the pictures for 6d (21/2p) each, although
many parents would probably not have been able to afford this.
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"A photographer applied for permission
to take the likenesses of the children in groups for which
he proposes to charge 6d each to those who may wish to
purchase them, and presenting each teacher with a copy.
He has taken the children in three schools accordingly."
Left: Pleasant Street School
Log Book extract. Nov 3rd 1869. |
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