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Box 2

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Contains 137 Results:

A man playing a violin is sitting on top of a burning building. Some of the flames are labeled Out-of License Teachers, Subs Leaving, and "Temporary, Fill-in Subs., 1960

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 47
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October 08, 1960. A school official, quoted in the World Telegram and Sun as saying that "All in all, our schools are in pretty good shape staff wise this fall," is shown "fiddling" while Rome burns in the form of out-of-license teachers and substitutes leaving the system being replaced by temporary, fill-in substitutes.

Dates: 1960

Mired Down, 1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 48
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May 31, 1958. Man stands up to ankles in water with words such as "Segregation", "Overburdened, Underpaid Teachers", "Poor Equipment" etc A delinquent student is shown mired in the swamp of violence in films, TV and comics, no recreational facilities, overcrowded classes, poor equipment, overburdened, underpaid teachers, underprivileged neighborhoods and the evils of segregation.

Dates: 1958

Peter and the Dyke. A Modern Fairy Tale, 1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 49
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March 01, 1958. Water labeled "Real School Needs" bursts over the top of a dam on which a member of the Board of Education is writing, "More '600' Schools."

Dates: 1958

Dont Lower Your Banner, Mr. Mayor, 1954

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 50
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March 27, 1954. Newly elected New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner is urged by teachers not to abandon his campaign pledges to meet the teachers' salary demands.

Dates: 1954

In first box, politician gives thumbs up to sign reading, Pay Raises for Teachers!, then in second box after election, twiddles his thumbs next to sign declaring, No Raises for Teachers

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 51
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Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

Dates: 1900-1962

A man with a Feinberg Subversion Detector on his back, takes a measurement over a students shoulder

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 52
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Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

Dates: 1900-1962

A line of inspectors and examiners size one another up, each looking over the others shoulder finally examining a one person.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 53
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In charge of the inspection is a large hand with a magnifying glass and a swastika on his wrist.

Dates: 1900-1962