I remember in my little Midwestern school in the sixties many of the schoolbooks we were given were way out of date, particularly reading and science. The illustrations in our reading books were out of the late 40s—men in Bogart-style hats and double breasted suits, and women in mid-calf dresses, little girls in ruffles and lace and boys in short-pants suits.
I remember in my little Midwestern school in the sixties many of the schoolbooks we were given were way out of date, particularly reading and science. The illustrations in our reading books were out of the late 40s—men in Bogart-style hats and double breasted suits, and women in mid-calf dresses, little girls in ruffles and lace and boys in short-pants suits.