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Members of the Veterans Education Program Refinishing Furniture

1950-12

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Members of the Veterans Education Program Refinishing Furniture
  • Title
  • Members of the Veterans Education Program Refinishing Furniture
  • Creator
  • Samuel A. Musgrave
  • Identifier
  • MSP117.B017.F08.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP117.B017.F08.I05
  • Description
  • Members of the Pittsburgh public schools’ education and training program for veterans are learning the intricacies of refinishing furniture. The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education established a comprehensive education and training program for veterans in 1946, including both academic and vocational courses. By 1958, when much of the program had been discontinued, over 27,000 World War II and Korean ex-servicemen had taken courses offered by the program.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Vocational education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Furniture refinishing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs, 1880-1982, MSP 117, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center