Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Columbia Avenue Riots

Damage during Columbia Avenue riots

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Title

Date

1964-08-28

Photographer

Owens, William

Description

Officer Richard West points to damage of windshield due to rocks being thrown from the rooftops. Officer West was just getting back in his car to leave the scene after the first outbreak when the brick went through the window, not injuring him or officer Theodore Mordecai, who was the driver.""

Subjects

Riots

Police

Violence

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Notes

With clipping

Format

Image/jp2

Type

Photographs

Rights

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Folder

Riots--1964

Digital Collection

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs

Civil Rights in a Northern City

Columbia Avenue Riots

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

P494129B