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www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pietown.html?c... Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs. This picture is described in detail in the article.

So many are barefoot.

I wonder if that is the teacher leading them? She looks like a child herself.

highly probable that it is a student in charge of them...a town like this would have had a 1 or 2 room school where the older children would be tasked with helping the younger ones learn....most of these kids wouldn't have finished the 7th or 8th grade anyway given that they'd start having to work around the age of 14-15 on the homesteads... as per the shoes....well, this is just coming out of the depression..many folks from that time talk about only getting one pair of shoes a year at christmas and these would be used for shcool and church only..not going to the fair...though they do seem to be in their sunday best even though alot of the material comes from the large flour sacks of the time period....even a pllowcase was used to make one girls outfit.....there are a few store bought items there too.. the ads are because they are at a fair..not at school..

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Funky Wallpaper and other Funky Backdropz, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. Love it.

this guy was a good photographer.. look at the quality of this photograph. Except for the kids that moved the faces are clear and sharp. Even today it doesn't get much better

Cloyne: Flickr Flinton Continuing School picture From Brian Keeling: In the back row from the right side; the third person to the left is Burma Thompson who married John Burton Ruttan - son of Charles Hamilton Scott Ruttan and Catherine Carscallon Abbott. Burma was born 14 Jan 1921. She has the long beige coat on and the woman to her right (left in the picture) has her arm through Burma's arm.

I should have added that Burma Lorraine Thompson is a daughter of Charles Amos Thompson and Margaret Vealey. They lived on what is the Hartin Road; south of the Glastonbury corners. Thompson Farm Co-ordinates: Hartin road south of the Glastonbury corner. SW corner of barn.44 43.672N 77 7.276W NW corner at drop off44 43.682N 77 7.276W House44 43.654N 77 7.254W Cement Walkway: house44 43.652N 77 7.244W On road out front44 43.652N 77 7.231W These are from a hand held GPS unit from a 21 Oct 2015 visit there.