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Children bringing apples for their elementary school teachers is a common trope in American pop culture from the first half of the 20th century. Was this actually a common thing for children to do, and it so how did it become a thing? What made the practice fall out of favor?

by /u/quesoandcats in /r/AskHistorians

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