It's all smiles for Polytechnic High School's Robert Lewis, left, and James Taylor
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
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 caption dated June 16, 1962 reads "Taylor becomes principal of the Sun Valley school with Lewis' retirement." The article partially reads "For Taylor, it is a double distinction. He becomes the Valley's first Negro high school principal and one of the city's youngest."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Taylor, James,--1927- Polytechnic High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) Polytechnic High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Faculty Polytechnic High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Men--California--Los Angeles African American school principals--California--Los Angeles High school principals--California--Los Angeles High schools--California--Los Angeles Schools--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Desks--California--Los Angeles Telephone--California--Los Angeles Blinds Dedications--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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