There's plenty of double trouble at Poly High in Sun Valley
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes 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 3, 1961 reads "These 12 sets of twins represent only a sampling of the unusually large number of twins who have been attending Polytechnic in Sun Valley in recent months. Last term there were 27 sets of them. School officials so far this semester haven't made a similar headcount but they fear the total may be even higher. The twins in this picture are, from left: Joan and Linda Tappan, Jennifer and Dalta Jeremiah, Linda and Sheila Smylie, Thomas and Michael Greslie, Bill and Norman Mossontte, Gene and Georgette Taggs, Shauna and Sheryl Lindquist, Judith and Jaquelyn Thimian, Susan and Sherry Chalem, Llona and Robert Lester, Irvin and Edwin Lucks, and Susan and Michael Connell."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Polytechnic High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Teenage boys--California--Los Angeles Teenage girls--California--Los Angeles High school students--California--Los Angeles Twins--California--Los Angeles Brothers and sisters--California--Los Angeles High schools--California--Los Angeles Schools--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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