1946 San Antonio School Pomona CA Graduation Program For Sale

Capture a Rare Piece of Mid-Century California & Aerospace History! Up for sale is a beautifully preserved, original 4-page graduation program from the Sixth Grade Graduation of San Antonio School in Pomona, California, dated June 6, 1946. This is an incredibly scarce artifact from the Pomona Unified School District's early days. The front cover features a charming, hand-drawn vintage sketch of the school’s original "temporary bungalow" campus and its iconic palm tree—a site that was later dismantled in 1951 to establish Arroyo Elementary, before the permanent brick-and-mortar San Antonio campus was built on Kingsley Avenue.

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS & NOTABLE NAMES

The Saturn V Rocket / Apollo 11 Connection: Listed at the very end of the official graduate roster is Gregory Flack Zettler. As an adult, Zettler became a prominent aerospace engineer for Boeing. Early in his career, he worked at the Michoud Assembly Facility, where he directly contributed to designing the crucial heat shields for the Saturn V rocket—the very spacecraft that propelled Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 crew to the moon.

Superintendent Leroy Allison: The program features the signature event detail: "Presentation of Diplomas by Mr. LeRoy Allison." Allison was the legendary mid-century Superintendent of Pomona Schools, who made such a lasting impact on local education that the city later named Leroy Allison Elementary School in his honor.

A Snapshot of Post-WWII Americana: The internal pages feature a complete transcription of the graduation schedule and full student roster. It details 1946 performances including piano solos of Beethoven's "Für Elise," Chopin’s "Polonaise," and student readings like Stephen Vincent Benét’s "Johnny Appleseed."

Condition Details:The program is in excellent vintage condition for being 80 years old. The text is crisp and entirely legible, with standard age-related toning on the paper. There are no major tears or heavy stains, making it perfect for framing, archival scrapbooking, or local history collections, it does have small tear to front cover.

Whether you are a collector of mid-century California ephemera, a space race enthusiast tracking down early history of NASA/Boeing engineers, or a Pomona local looking for a piece of family ancestry, this program is a spectacular find.

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