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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..

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Date inscribed in reverse on negative: 7/31/13.

Wystan: Thanks for bringing our attention to the date on the negative! We'll add it to the description next time we update.

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I wish I knew the relationships between the boys. Their names even. Several of them look like they are from the same family. It's so unusual to see smiling children in early photos. They are adorable.

"ACCIDENT," SAYS PAVLOVA.; But Novikoff's Wife Says Slap Was Intentional -- He Has Quit Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. August 10, 1913, Sunday LONDON, Aug. 9. -- The explanation which is not forthcoming of the incident between Mme. Pavlova and Novikoff at the Palace Theatre has revived in one's memories the Pavlova-Mordkin quarrel. [ END OF FIRST PARAGRAPH ] See: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9506E3DC113BE6...

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova Despite the fact that Novikoff said he would not dance with Pavlova again (in NYT article cited by maorlando), it would appear that he did come to the US the following year and dance with her. See NYT of April 7, 1914 "PAVLOWA IN NEW BALLET.; Excels in "Amarilla," with Mr. Novikoff, at the Manhattan." query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801E7DA163AE633A...

See michaelminn.net/andros/index.php?novikoff_laurent Laurent Novikoff (1888-1956) graduated from Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet School in 1906. He danced alternatively between Diaghilev (1909 and 1919-1921) and Pavlova's company (1911-1914 and 1921-1928). Novikoff was ballet master at the Chicago Opera from 1919-1933, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1941-1945. See www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-an11030051-5 for another picture of him. The National Library of Australia also has lots of pictures of Pavlova.

Date written on negative is 8/27/1913

Excellent comments...a photo is even more interesting with details and information...thanks, swanq!!!