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Driver Training Class Watching Automobile Repairs, 1937

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Artifact Overview

Driver education programs emerged out of a national movement to improve driver safety during the 1930s. The students in this 1937 photograph are learning about repairing an automobile as part of a high school program.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1937

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

P.1774.X.135

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in