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Title
School crowding plagues kids
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
1956
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 April 20, 1956 reads, "Second grade youngsters at Park View Elementary School, Lancaster, squirm for chance to answer teacher. Like most elementary schools in Valley, Park View is on half-day sessions. Elementary schools have grown from 1,198 pupils in 1945 to 8,354 this year, high school enrollments from 754 to 2,161 and junior colleges from 26 to 394. School officials expect enrollment to increase seven times in next 10 years."; See images #00116668 through #00116673 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00116670
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d018_f26_i12
CARL0005330056
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50186
Subject
Park View Elementary School (Lancaster, Calif.)
Elementary schools--California--Lancaster
Girls--California--Lancaster
Boys--California--Lancaster
School children--California--Lancaster
Schools--California--Lancaster
Classrooms--California--Lancaster
Desks--California--Lancaster
Raising hands
Wall clocks--California--Lancaster
Cigar boxes--California--Lancaster
Lancaster (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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