Unposted real photo postcard depicting a December 1908 fire at the Boise Idaho School for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. After Boise's new Central School was built on 7th street in 1906 the old school building was bought by the state and used for an annex to the Capitol Building, and also housed the State School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Just before 7:00 on the morning of December 4, 1908, H. P. Martin, principle of the school, stepped out of his office on the fourth floor to head down to school dining hall and saw the last thing he needed to see, his school was on fire. If there is any way that a fire in a school could be perfectly timed this was it. The school children, all 34, were already lined up for breakfast. The girls on the first floor and the boys in the basement. The faculty had them do an about-face and march out of the building. None were hurt. AZO stamp box. Modern pencil text on the back. Mild edge wear. See scans.