Students clearing Lake Merced campus site (Updated over a year ago)

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With funding from the National Youth Administration, SFSC students were hired to clear willow trees and brush from the future site of San Francisco State College in February 1940. Students earned 25 cents per hour. SFSC President Alexander C. Roberts is seen in the center of the photograph kneeling.

Tags: alexander c. roberts , lake merced campus , national youth administration , san francisco state college , student workers

Added to SFSU Photographic Timeline Project on May 11, 2018.

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“Ground is Broken on New Campus” in the 1940 Franciscan” yearbook inset called Strife No Sense (May 15, 1940), page [7] “Olson Signs Bill” in the 1940 Franciscan” yearbook insert called Strife No Sense (May 15, 1940), page [5] Groundbreaking ceremony for the Lake Merced campus San Francisco State College "Staters" football team “The ‘Rock’ (first student dormitory for men)” in the 1942 Franciscan” yearbook, page 27

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  • Sort Order: sctp-12
  • Created by: San Francisco State College
  • Date: 1940
  • Type: Photograph
  • Format: TIFF
  • Source: San Francisco State University Archives
  • Locale: San Francisco, California
  • Rights: Public

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