| Title: | New York City school officials |
| Description: | Caption: "New York City school officials inspect revolutionary new technique of providing 'behind-the-wheel' driver training in the classroom for 15 students at a time on the Aetna Drivotrainer which was introduced for the first time in the nation by the New York [City] Board of Education Tuesday (February 24) at the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades [located at Nassau Avenue and Bedford Avenue]. Here Stanley F. Withe, left, manager of the public education department of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, which developed the Drivotrainer, discusses its operation with Superintendent of Schools William Jansen, center, Associate Superintendent C. Frederick Pertsch, seated, and Richard J. O'Connor, right, supervisor of driver education in the New York schools." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Feb. 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools [3]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades (New York, N.Y.) [4] Automobile driver education [5] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | SCHL 0701 |