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Czolgosz shooting McKinley with a revolver

President William McKinley was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, while shaking hands with the public in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, U.S. McKinley died on September 14 from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds. President McKinley enjoyed meeting the public, and was reluctant to take security precautions. George B. Cortelyou, the secretary to the president, feared an assassination attempt, but McKinley kept the visit in the schedule. The assassin, Leon Czolgosz, regarded McKinley as a symbol of oppression, and felt it was his duty as an anarchist to kill him. Unable to get near McKinley earlier in the visit, Czolgosz shot him twice (pictured) as McKinley reached to shake his hand in the reception line. McKinley initially appeared to be recovering, but took a turn for the worse on September 13 and died the next morning; Theodore Roosevelt, the vice president, succeeded him. Czolgosz was executed for murder in late October. (Full article...)

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Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette River and the Columbia River, it had a population of 652,503 at the 2020 census. The area was inhabited by Chinookan peoples before European American settlers arrived in the 1840s, and the city was named after Portland, Maine, following a coin toss. Portland became a port and lumber center during the 19th century, and the region's economic activity includes shipping, transportation, technology and sporting-goods manufacture. Nicknamed the "City of Roses", it is known for its parks, environmentalism and music scene. This photograph, taken in 1898, shows Downtown Portland with the Willamette River in the foreground and the West Hills in the background. The tallest building in the city at the time was the Oregonian Building, visible in the center of the image.

Photograph credit: Herbert A. Hale; restored by Adam Cuerden

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