About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0703
  • TitleRevolutionary driver training technique
  • SummaryCaption: "Revolutionary driver training technique of giving 'behind-the-wheel' lessons in the classroom is tried by Superintendent of Schools William Jansen, seated, at the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades where the New York City Board of Education inaugurated instruction on the Aetna Drivotrainer Tuesday, February 24. At left is Richard J. O'Connor, supervisor of driver education in the New York schools, while students watching the demonstration are, left to right, Sonia Janda of Rosedale, Leon Williams, Jane Cobb of Rosedale, and Michael Broderick of Brooklyn."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 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
  • 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