Archival Photo Folder
City Hall Bombing
Saturday, November 21, 1970
Monday, November 23, 1970
A2012-005
P/14004
Images document the destruction created by the bombing of City Hall [bombing of the Liberty Bell replica at City Hall]. The Liberty Bell was located outside the entrance, underneath the rotunda. Images showing : the destroyed bell ; damage to the City Hall entrance [City Hall outside rotunda] ; exterior damage ; interior damage ; buildings across the street [SW 4th Ave] from City Hall. View of : Temple Hotel ; Ineu Brothers Monuments Portland Marble Works ; Oregon Polytechnic Vocational College ; construction of the Wells Fargo Center Annex [Wells Fargo Center support building]. The inside images show : broken windows ; knocked over books ; fallen wall decoration ; Mayor Schurnk's Office ; David Dockham's Office ; conference room ; offices ; holes in the walls. Includes an image of a parked car with cracked windows and its hubcaps blown off. An image of a barricade at SW 4th Ave and SW Madison St. Also includes Images showing people cleaning up the wreckage.
