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Photograph caption dated August 7, 1957 reads, "Foreign students representing 20 nations from the Fiji Islands to El Salvador, enrolled at National Schools for special courses of technical training. Reflecting the worldwide need for skilled technicians, the group of 36 is undertaking an extensive program in radio, television, electronics, and automotive-diesel mechanics. The newcomers to America surround National Schools officials, third from left, Alvin O. Mark, director; L. J. Rosenkranz, president; Louis Mandelbaum, director of education, and Nate Coombs, director of graduate service."
National Technical Schools Technical institutes Students, Foreign Teachers Schools Men San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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