Campus – Workers in Front of the Physical Science Building (Now Thornton Hall)

About This Item

Two workers performing maintenance outside the Physical Science Building on the San Francisco State campus. The building was later renamed Thornton Hall in honor of Dr. Robert Thornton, San Francisco State’s first Black dean of science. A physicist and educator, Thornton was also known for his correspondence with Albert Einstein.

Identifier
TP-ATA-0307
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Geographic Coverage
San Francisco, CA
Type
Still Image
Format
35mm Slide
Source
San Francisco State University Archives
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Public
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358

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