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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated April 7, 1961 partially reads, "Teaching machines--84 of them--are operating today at four West Valley schools. Throughout April, more than 400 fifth graders are taking daily spelling lessons on the Rheem Califone Didak 501. An experimental project, it marks the first large-scale use of teaching machines in the Los Angeles city school system." Pictured is John F. O'Toole Jr., project director for the Rheem Company which is lending the machines without charge, working with students, Cynthia Campbell, 10, left, and Linda Baum, 10.
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Rheem Manufacturing Company Rheem Manufacturing Company--Employees Teaching machines--California--San Fernando Valley School children--California--San Fernando Valley Girls--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Classrooms--California--San Fernando Valley Elementary schools--California--San Fernando Valley Schools--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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