[Fire inspectors checking damage to building after a small fire at John Swett School]

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Local identifier: AAA-9881
Title: [Fire inspectors checking damage to building after a small fire at John Swett School]
Date: 1948 May 20
Issuance: monographic
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Note: Folder: S.F. Schools-Elementary-John Swett.
Newscopy: "The fire started in this printing room, where an eighth grade student was cleaning type with the fluid. Flames from the explosion blazed up to the tinder-dry wooden timbers above while the boy and a janitor tried unsuccessfully to fight them. Damage totaled $200. No one was hurt."
Written on back: "John Swett Junior High School at MacAllister + Franklin sts. Gasoline exploded upon touching an old pot bellied stove. Fire occurred between classes with only one student in room."
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Local subjects: Schools--Elementary--John Swett.
Bibliographic Number: .b10049423
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:119926