Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. More than 16,000 adult men and women in Los Angeles are taking adult classes on everything from landscaping, interior decorating, cooking, sketching, knitting, and learning a second language. The backs of several students' heads are seen as they look forward at the blackboard where fellow students Warner Antonson and Jerri Lee work on problems. Mrs. Dean writes on the board with chalk while Ms. Cunningham stands near reading from a book. Negative sleeve correction: Berendo Night High School was where the photographs were taken Related photographs appear with the article, "Whole Families Enroll in City Night Schools," Los Angeles Times, 07 Feb 1936: A1. Handwritten on negative: Jerry Lee Michero Warner Antonson Mrs. Marnie Dean Irene Cunningham Text from negative sleeve: 3594 - I.W. Barnett Irene Cunningham Mrs. Marnie Dean Mr. Warner Antonson Jerry Lee Michero Miss Mary Sato Miss Lucille Stafford Mrs Ann Smith Mrs Morris Maretick Douglas Tuck Robert Brayman Miss Gaillard Wardwick (Berdiero Hi School - Adult classes) 2/4/36 [stamped:] Feb 11 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12672 ark:/21198/zz002hmqnb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Teachers--California--Los Angeles Blackboards Adult education--California--Los Angeles Students--American--California--Los Angeles Desks Cunningham, Irene Antonson, Warner (Gerald Warner), 1908-1992 Michero, Jerri Lee, 1907-1988 Dean, Marnie
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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