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Title
Win college scholarships
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated May 1, 1956 reads, "These four Valley high school seniors won 4-year college scholarships from National Scholarship Corp. in largest private grant in history. They are, top left, John Herbert Munson, 17, of John Burroughs; top right, Robert Canfield Rock, 17, of North Hollywood; bottom left, Lee Perry Robbins, 17, of Van Nuys and, bottom right, John Wayne Fuller, 18, of Van Nuys. They were among 525 students sharing in $3,160,000 national award." Pictured is Robert Canfield Rock.; See images #00144720 through #00144723 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 13 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00144721
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d053_f29_i31
CARL0005851757
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73495
Subject
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (U.S.)
Scholarships--California--San Fernando Valley
Award winners--California--San Fernando Valley
High school students--California--San Fernando Valley
Teenage boys--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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