This is an image I found in a Baltimore city school textbook (written by students) from 1953 called Baltimore: City of Promise. (I was surprised to find that the city, at one time, published its own textbooks to teach children local history. I'll be posting more images from the book in the upcoming weeks.)
He might be an American, but even in black & white it's clear this kid is a ginger. I have a hard time believing the religious tolerance portion of this message would make it into school textbooks today.
Is that Archie Andrews?
Posted by: Rusty Chompers | August 02, 2012 at 10:45 AM