| Title: | Driving stationary Aetnacars |
| Description: | Caption: "Driving stationary Aetnacars, Jane Cobb (left) and Sonia Janda (right) of Rosedale, Woodrow Wilson High School students, take their driving lessons on the revolutionary new classroom training device introduced Tuesday (February 24) by the New York City school system. Called the Aetna Drivotrainer, it was developed by the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and consists of 15 small cars which fill an entire classroom at the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades [located at Nassau Avenue and Bedford Avenue]. Instructor Clarence Barger (rear) supervises training of entire class from control cabinet where students' actions in traffic sequences shown on movie screen at front of room are automatically recorded on score sheet." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Feb. 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools [3]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades (New York, N.Y.) [4] Automobile driver education [5] High school students [6] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | SCHL 0705 |