[Administration Building damage from bombing, April 18, 1970]

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Photograph of damage done to the first floor Men's Lounge of the Administration Building (later the Hurley Administration Building) by a firebomb on April 18, 1970. The fire was discovered by Campus Patrolman Mike Amador moments after it was started by a "Molotov cocktail" thrown through the window. Patrolman Amador quickly put out the blaze, and called the Fire Department, preventing any further damage to the structure.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. April 18, 1970.

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Photograph of damage done to the first floor Men's Lounge of the Administration Building (later the Hurley Administration Building) by a firebomb on April 18, 1970. The fire was discovered by Campus Patrolman Mike Amador moments after it was started by a "Molotov cocktail" thrown through the window. Patrolman Amador quickly put out the blaze, and called the Fire Department, preventing any further damage to the structure.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.

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University Photography Collection

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  • April 18, 1970

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  • Dec. 1, 2016, 11:34 a.m.

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[Administration Building damage from bombing, April 18, 1970], photograph, April 18, 1970; (digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc289377/: accessed April 22, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.