About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0704
  • TitleStudent driver
  • SummaryCaption: "Student driver Jane Cobb of Woodrow Wilson High School discusses her driving techniques with Instructor Clarence Barger after completing 'behind-the-wheel' lesson in one of 15 stationary cars used with Aetna Drivotrainer, a revolutionary new classroom driver training device developed by the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and introduced in the New York City school system Tuesday (February 24) at the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades [located at Nassau Avenue and Bedford Avenue]. Students' skill in meeting traffic sequences shown on motion picture screen at fromt of classroom automatically is recorded on score sheet at control cabinet located at rear. ..."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn High School of Automotive Trades (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobile driver education -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Public: High schools: Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades