Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, principal of Abraham Lincoln High School, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, principal of Abraham Lincoln High School, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: [circa March 6, 1936]
Date: 1936-03-06
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Possibly related to "Educator Wins Honor: Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus to Represent West Coast in National Group," Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb 1936: A2.
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus was the first woman principal in California, working at Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles. She went on to found the National Retired Teachers Association, and later expanded that organization to become the AARP.
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus is seated at a table, facing the camera. She holds a sheet of paper in both hands in front of her on the table.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Dr. Ethel Andrus
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 3871. Dr. Ethel Andrus. Prin. Lincoln High. 2/10/36. [stamped:] Mar 6 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Andrus, Ethel Percy
Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: High school principals--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12902
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hn0km
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