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Title
Easy on the turns, boys
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
1958
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
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School opened in 1905, a satellite of Los Angeles High School. It is the second oldest high school in the city. Originally located in Downtown Los Angeles, in February 1957 Polytechnic moved to its present site at 12430 Roscoe Boulevard, in Sun Valley. Former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley was an alumnus.
Photograph caption dated March 7, 1958 reads "Van Nuys Lions 'drive' stationary vehicles at Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley as part of student driver education tests in which they participated. Electrically controlled cars record reaction of drivers as they 'speed' down road flashed on movie screen at front of room. Miniature autos are equipped with horns, accelerator, gear shift and brake." The Drivotrainer was an automobile driving simulator developed by the Aetna Insurance Company.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00146851
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d056_f29_i16
CARL0005891935
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/74277
Subject
Polytechnic High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Van Nuys Lions Club
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (Hartford, Conn.)
Men--California--Los Angeles
Clubs--California--Los Angeles
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Automobile driver education--California--Los Angeles
Automobile driving simulators--California--Los Angeles
Classrooms--California--Los Angeles
High schools--California--Los Angeles
Schools--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles)
Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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