The school photo was produced as a postcard

@JudyEv (381905)
Rockingham, Australia
January 11, 2022 8:37pm CST
The photo shows the back and front of my Dad’s school photo which I put up recently. I guess they were printed on card as postcards, so they could be posted off to relatives and/or friends. I have a couple others that have postcard ‘backs’ like this. In small writing at the very top is what looks like ’16 June’ then ’15-6-1930’. Below the printing in larger writing is ‘Taken about October 1927’. Dad was born in 1914 and would have left school at 14 which was the legal age to be allowed to leave school. There is a site ‘Lost Cuballing’ which is where Dad’s family farmed. Someone else on the site has put up a similar photo but with the people in different places and everyone sitting down. The students are all named and the teachers were a married couple.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117211)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Jan 22
Things were so different back then, my dad quit school at about the age of 10 or 11.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
Kids that age today wouldn't know what hit them if they were sent out to work.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117211)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Jan 22
I suppose that is very true. Of course there are those kids who are computer savvy and would find ways to make money online.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502232)
• Italy
12 Jan 22
It was the norm also in Italy to be allowed to leave school at 14, times have changed.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502232)
• Italy
12 Jan 22
@Fleura Same as you, it became 16 when I was at school, now it is 18 and it is too late. We will have no more basic workers if we do not change this rule.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34943)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 22
Here too, then when I was at school it was 16, now it's 18 which I think is too late for those who don't really enjoy school!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
@LadyDuck @Fleura And 18-year-olds who don't want to be at school can be incredibly disruptive. I think the age should be dropped.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Jan 22
wow so cool to have. Wonder why they don't do that with all of them every where today.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Jan 22
@JudyEv no we always had and have class photos but I don't know why I have never seen any made as post cards. I'm sure peole would want to buy even more and actually do without oter splurges.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
Do you mean take class photos? Our boys had them taken each year.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
12 Jan 22
That sure was young for being out of school.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
It was the norm in those years. Some might have left a year earlier in some cases.
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Krissttina Isobe
@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Jan 22
Wow, a family picture made into a postcard!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 22
I've seen it a few times on very old photos.
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Krissttina Isobe
@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Jan 22
@JudyEv I see. This is my first seeing old photos made to postcards. Nice!
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Jan 22
what a great picture!!!!!!!!! There was a time when those printed photos were gold, now, not so much!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
There is another one of the same class but 're-arranged'. I don't know if the back of that is a postcard though.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
12 Jan 22
@JudyEv i love old pictures - that is so cool!!!!!
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
13 Jan 22
My grandfather on Mom's side left school at 14, would have been about 1911. He had to help support his mom, whom his dad was divorcing (). Almost unheard of for someone to divorce their wife.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 22
Many had to leave school to help earn an income for their families. Divorce was a shameful thing in those days.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
13 Jan 22
This is very old photo. I think my grandparents are still young this time. 14 is early to leave school
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aubrey
@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
14 Jan 22
@JudyEv Good you preserve it
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 22
It was a very long time ago now.
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Jan 22
Great photos and wonderful fo have such photos and memories,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 22
I'm lucky to have so many old photos.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan 22
Could you imagine kids nowadays having to go out into the “real world” and work at such a young age?
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan 22
@JudyEv They don't cope, that's the problem.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
No, I can't. Some would never cope.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jan 22
That's a nice idea to turn them into postcards for friends and relatives.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
I guess that's the way it was in those times. I have no-one to ask about it now.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 Jan 22
It’s great that you have this picture. I know you treasure it.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 22
I had seen it before but was surprised to find it in the diary.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
13 Jan 22
@JudyEv I’d never seen them on postcards.
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Hana
@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
14 Jan 22
My grandfather was born on 1917. I don't think there were any cameras in Morocco by then.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jan 22
Cameras probably weren't very common anywhere in those years.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Jan 22
Amazing how things have changed so much.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
Even our parents would be astounded at some of the changes.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Jan 22
@JudyEv Yes they truly would be.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34943)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 22
You're right, not only school photos but also others were produced as postcards.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
I guess it saved the cost of an envelope.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
12 Jan 22
Very cool that the pictures were on postcards.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
They would probably have only bought one or two to post to special people.
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nyku
@soymex (1111)
• Bucharest, Romania
12 Jan 22
How beautiful are the memories, with dear people!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 22
It's lovely to have these photos to look back on.
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