Manual Arts High School
Description
After the original 1910 school building was destroyed in the 1933 earthquake, the current building was financed by the PWA:
“Architects John and Donald Parkinson, successors to the architectural firm of Parkinson and Bergstrom which had provided the design for the original plant of Manual Arts High School in 1910, were called upon by the District for the post-1933 earthquake reconstruction of the school. The new buildings were constructed of reinforced concrete, with architectural interest provided by horizontal banding, rounded corners, concrete grilles, and tiled entries.”
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“These students of the Manual Arts High School at Los Angeles, California, are giving a practical demonstration in a beauty culture class. PWA funds financed the construction of this school.”
Students of the Manual Arts High School
"These students of the Manual Arts High School at Los Angeles, California, are giving a practical demonstration in a beauty culture class. PWA funds financed the construction of this school."
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Students of the Manual Arts High School verso
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“A public address and radio distributing system at the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, California. PWA funds financed the construction of this high school.”
Radio distributing system at the Manual Arts High School
"A public address and radio distributing system at the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, California. PWA funds financed the construction of this high school."
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Radio distributing system at the Manual Arts High School verso
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“The new Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles is modern architecturally as well as in age. PWA funds financed the construction of this school.”
Manual Arts High School verso
"The new Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles is modern architecturally as well as in age. PWA funds financed the construction of this school."
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“Students of the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, California set up a loom for hand weaving.”
Students of the Manual Arts High School
"Students of the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, California set up a loom for hand weaving."
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Students of the Manual Arts High School - Verso
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“These students of home economics at the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles are out to prove that men are good cooks.”
students of home economics
"These students of home economics at the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles are out to prove that men are good cooks."
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students of home economics - verso
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“Not only is home economics coeducational in the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, but the girls are outnumbered four to two. PWA funds financed the construction of this school.”
coeducational home economics
"Not only is home economics coeducational in the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, but the girls are outnumbered four to two. PWA funds financed the construction of this school."
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coeducational home economics - verso
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Weaving at the Manual Arts High School
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Weaving at the Manual Arts High School Verso
Source notes
Historic Schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District: https://www.laschools.org/employee/design/fs-studies-and-reports/download/LAUSD_Presentation_March_2002.pdf?version_id=1895945 https://newdeal.feri.org/search_details.cfm?link=https://newdeal.feri.org/library/g55b.htm
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What happened ?
Take me back, I want to see it like this, not ugly and ran down like I remember it
Agree, Jorge! What happened to the investment that built and maintained schools like this in growing Los Angeles? My dad graduated from Manual Arts in 1951, my mom from the original Westchester High (now Wright Middle) in 1953. Their generation moved out and on, never looking back, while Los Angeles abandoned the ideals that made these schools in the first place. What, current students deserve less? No, at least as much if not more.