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Life & Work At Whittier State School c1910

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Title: Life and Work at Whittier State School: Where State Wards Are Trained
Author: Smart, C.L.
Description: Unpaginated. Illustrated with photographs. 6x10¾, original pictorial wrappers, string bound.Scarce view book from Cailfornia's school for juvenile offenders and other wards of the state. "California is doing her full duty toward her erring and unloved children. The waif of the streets, the homeless child, the child of a bad home, and the child of evil environments now has a chance to attain a life of honor and usefulness, thanks to the good and generous-hearted people of the Golden State" (from preface). Photos depict the school grounds, buildings, and various academic courses and industrial trades in the institution's curriculum.
Heading: (California)Place Published: Whittier, California
Publisher: Whittier State School
Date Published: c. 1910