Washington Public Schools Go To War

Washington Public Schools Go To War

Photograph

Roger Smith

Maker
American, active 1942–1943

Office of War Information

American, 1942–1945

Washington Public Schools Go To War

1943
Gelatin silver print
24.3 x 16.7 cm.
Purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation
2000.0791.0003
Inscriptions print verso-(mimeographed) "Washington Public Schools Go To War"
"D-10208 The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most
other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit
their pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have
gone all-out for the program of Civilian Defense and at the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School courses in home-making and the preservation of foods are taught all young women. Photo shows Miss Elizabeth Wood blanching carrots to loosen skin for removal."
"Watch Your Credit (underlined) No objection to reproducing or
publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo By Office of War
Information' appears on the photograph or page, except that ..."
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