February 9, 1927. Washington, D.C. "Miss Grace Wagner, Central High School," out from under the car. National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
Submitted by Treefrog on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 9:05pm.
...About this being a 6 cylinder engine at first. All the parts looked so big compared to the young slip of a girl working on it. But it did look like a planetary transmission of some kind which would have been right at home behind a Model T engine. You can also see some other similar details in the Model T engine photo on this Wiki page.
Submitted by joemanning on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 9:47am.
This is Joe Manning. I found this 2002 obituary for Grace.
Grace Wagner McCathran, 89, a Washington elementary school teacher from the 1930s to 1947, died of pneumonia Jan. 28 at Clifton Woods Group Home in Silver Spring.
She had lived in Chevy Chase since 1955.
Mrs. McCathran, a Washington native, was a 1930 graduate of Central High School. She was a graduate of Wilson Teachers College and received a master's degree in education from George Washington University.
She had taught first, second and fifth grades at the Alexander R. Shepard Elementary School in Washington.
Mrs. McCathran had been a member of the Chevy Chase Women's Club and the Brookdale Citizens' Association.
She was a member of All Saint's Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase.
Her husband, R.R. McCathran, whom she married in 1947, died in 1995.