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• Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif. Navigation classes are part of the school's program for training its students for specific contributions to the war effort (LO

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif. Ralph Angar, instructor, explains propeller characteristics to student[s] in the aeronautics class (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Children stage a patriotic demonstration, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Graham, a member of the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School, is learning to use a sextant to determine longitude and latitude (LOC

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Deaf school children - dancing (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-20
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• Chinese School Children - Central Park (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-13
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• Carlisle School - Shoe Shop (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-23
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• Meade School, Gettysburg (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1900
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-18
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• Henry N. Tifft, the new President of the New-York Board of Education (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1904-12-04 00:00:00
  • Date uploaded: 2009-11-09
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