Tag: Technical Schools

  • NATIONAL SCHOOLS, LOS ANGELES

    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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Eleanor “Ellie” McCrackin
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The curtain was about to fall on Atlantic Crossings aboard ships when the Italians launched a new ocean-liner whose name would be learned around the globe. It was a last-ditched attempt to prove to the world that in post-war Europe, they were down but certainly not out.

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