Valley senior girls to attend women's Space Symposium
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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.
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 17, 1962 reads, "'Trippensco planetarium' captures interest of Heather Reid, 17, Taft High School student who will attend first international Women's Space Symposium Thursday at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Mayor Samuel W. Yorty has proclaimed Feb. 19 to 24 as 'Women In Space Week' in which girl science students, educators and space leaders will participate."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
William Howard Taft High School (Woodland Hills, Calif.) Science students--California--Los Angeles High school students--California--Los Angeles Teenage girls--California--Los Angeles Planets--Models Measuring instruments--California--Los Angeles Classrooms--California--Los Angeles High schools--California--Los Angeles Schools--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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