October 26, 2026
Tag: National Schools
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NATIONAL SCHOOLS, LOS ANGELES
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Technical schools: places that teach how the world works. At the turn of the 20th century a wealth Californian saw her first car. Instinctively she realized that some day a mechanic would be needed to repair that car. To that end she built a school, hired teachers, and held classes in auto repair. That was…
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March 3, 2021 3 Comments
It is happening more often these days. We who work at Postcard History are discovering that a postcard may be the last remnant of the scene on the card. Homes, schools, churches, public buildings like city halls, libraries, court houses; they are all gone. New has replaced the old. Urban renewal is the catch phrase; build is the watchword. But when it comes to people – Wait-a-Minute!