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Title
Africans visit playground in Valley
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
1961
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated June 22, 1961 reads "Dr. Edwin W. Olmstead, center, principal of Madison Junior High School in North Hollywood, explains his school's summer playground program to visiting officials from Tanganyika John A. Nzunda, left, a member of Parliament, and Changasi Nyakasagani, member of the country's National Executive Committee. The two men are studying the American educational system. Madison's playground is one of nearly 140 in operation throughout the Valley under the auspices of the school system."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00145706
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d055_f13_i6
CARL0005866605
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73379
Subject
James Madison Middle School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students
Men--California--Los Angeles
Middle school principals--California--Los Angeles
Visitors, Foreign--Africa
Playgrounds--California--Los Angeles
Bicycles--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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