James Vaughn studies a reading primer with tutor Florence Peetz at the San Gabriel Library, a branch of County of Los Angeles Public Library, where he enrolled four weeks ago in a program called "Illiterates Anonymous." When Vaughn was a schoolboy, teachers decided that he was "dumb" and never taught him to read. Photo dated: April 7, 1985.
Vaughn, James Peetz, Florence County of Los Angeles Public Library Functional literacy--California--San Gabriel Literacy--California--San Gabriel Literacy programs--California--San Gabriel San Gabriel (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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