[Fire Lieutenant Jack Marlowe inspecting a stove which set off a small fire at John Swett School]

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Local identifier: AAA-9882
Title: [Fire Lieutenant Jack Marlowe inspecting a stove which set off 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: "Fire Lieut. Jack Marlowe inspects the old stove which set off the fire. It is typical of many which heat obsolete buildings of the city's school system."
Written on back: " School Improvement Plan. John Swett Junior High School. In printing room 8th grade student was cleaning type with gasoline. Fluid exploded upon touching an old pot bellied stove. Flames from the explosion blazed up while janitor + boy tried unsuccessfully to fight them. Damage totaled 200 dollars. It happened between classes with only one student in the bldg."
Negative #10061
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Local subjects: Schools--Elementary--John Swett.
Bibliographic Number: .b10049435
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:119927