Algeria
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Images like this were often found on postcards.
Germany
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On the left we see Gertrude and Ursula Falke.
Nepal and China
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England
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Left: A schoolgirl in Kensington, London.
Right: A group of children on their way to the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, London, in order to do some fishing.
Scotland and Ireland
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The photo on the right is one of the first color photographs ever taken in Ireland, shot around 1913. It shows a 14-year-old girl in traditional dress.
Romania and Albania
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The photo on the right shows two Albanian girls aged around 13-14. The girl on the left would go on to be known as the world famous Mother Theresa.
Japan
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Left: Maiko girls (who would become geishas) relax on a balcony.
Right: Students at a school in Fukuoka, which was the first place to introduce the ’sailor-style’ school uniform seen here.
Argentina and Mexico
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The serious-looking girl on the right is a 13-year-old Frida Kahlo.
Spain
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Left: Two girls, Maria-Christina and Beatrice.
Right: The 16-year-old Federico García Lorca, a Spanish poet.
Poland and Estonia
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The Estonian girls are imitating poses from a film, in an attempt to look like adults.
Greece and Cyprus
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Left: A young Greek partisan, Konstantinos Mourikis.
Right: A class from the Maria Christodoulou School.
Hungary
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Austria and Luxembourg
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Left: Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, one of the four children of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Right: Princess Antonia of Luxembourg.
India
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Australia and New Zealand
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The USA
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Left: A 16-year-old Walt Disney.
Right: A girl from the Kiowa tribe of Native Americans.
Belgium
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Brother and sister: Prince Leopold and Princess Louise of Belgium.
The Netherlands
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Sweden and Finland
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The girl on the left is Princess Ingrid of Sweden.
Russia
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France
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On the right — a young René Lacoste, future tennis player and founder of the Lacoste brand.
The Philippines
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