About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0699
  • TitleProper driving techniques
  • SummaryCaption: "Proper driving techniques are explained by Instructor Clarence Barger to Leon Williams, a[n African American] student at the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades [located at Nassau Avenue and Bedford Avenue], where the New York City school system on Tuesday (February 240 began giving 'behind-the-wheel' driving lessons with the revolutionary new Aetna Drivotrainer on which 15 pupils can be trained simultaneously under the guidance of one instructor. ..."
  • 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.) ; African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Automobile driver education -- 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