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Object Description

Object ID

3205

Title

Firefighters at Otter Elementary School fire.

Date

Feb. 1976.

Description

Firefighters at Otter Elementary School fire. Used in the Columbian Newsaper, perhaps on Feb. 26, 1976. Caption is stuck on the back of the photo and reads "LANGLEY SCHOOL BURNS DOWN Otter Elementary School in Langley went up in smoke early this morning in what officials believe may have been arson. Firemen, above, were hampered by lack of water pressure, and eventually ran out of water altogether."

Photo Inscription/Caption

LANGLEY SCHOOL BURNS DOWN Otter Elementary School in Langley went up in smoke early this morning in what officials believe may have been arson. Firemen, above, were hampered by lack of water pressure, and eventually ran out of water altogether.

People/Subject

Fire

Fire fighters

Otter Elementary School

The original Otter School was built in 1896. Apparently classes had been held in another location since 1889. The school was moved to 3825 244th Street in 1913. There were numerous additions over a 50 year span dating from 1921. The school burnt to the ground in March 1976. The school's enrollment once had only 9 students before the turn of the century and now (2003) numbers 205 pupils from kindergarten through grade 7.

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