Yep, you can see it in their faces, not an easy life. No smiles but lots of strength. That picture tells a very detailed story.
My mother was born in Norman, but about a decade after that picture was taken.



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Yep, and that was their good clothes for the picture.

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Fast forward to simpler times, all we had to worry about was nuclear war and getting some.

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six loose ladies
 

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I know where there shop is, they sell spinning wheels, yarn and host workshops..

Vermont is pretty good with road signs

Six loose ladies


A frequent visitor to my house in Hubbarton

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Notice there's not a fat one in the bunch in those pictures?
Kids had chores to do back then and after they finished them they actually PLAYED OUTSIDE!

Yeah...but can they wok a dog?

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Since we are on a theme of school photos. My wife is one of the girls in the picture.

What horrible conditions, an un-air conditioned school with 33 kids in one class. How could anyone learn. I would bet than almost every kid in that class had more education in the 6th grade than most high school seniors of today.

I never went to an air conditioned school either.

I also noticed there were only a few older kids in that pic from Dacoma even though it lists grades 6-7-8.
I'm guessing by the time they finished 6th or 7th it was time to go to work to help support the family.
Life was simpler back then, but much harder.

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