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Students protest unsafe buildings

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The earliest known student protest at San Francisco State College occurred in 1938, when students went to the streets in front of College Hall to create awareness of dangerous wooden buildings. One placard reads: "We want buildings not woodpiles." Photograph appears in 1938 Franciscan (book 2, page 5).

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sctp-39
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San Francisco State College
Date
c. 1937-1938
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Photograph
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TIFF
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San Francisco State University Archives
Locale
San Francisco, California
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Public
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3213

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