Dynamite box at Indianapolis, (Jones Barn) (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Dynamite box at Indianapolis, (Jones Barn)
[1910 or 1911]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows the Jones barn in Indianapolis, Indiana. It relates to the
McNamara brothers (James and John) and Iron Workers Union dynamite
conspiracy and trial, 1910-1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project,
2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09156
Call Number: LC-B2- 2192-5
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markov chaney added this photo to his favorites. (60 months ago)
Wystan (60 months ago | reply)
In his memoirs, The Story of My Life, Clarence Darrow wrote about his involvement as a defense attorney in this case.
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jkstill (44 months ago | reply)
A PDF of the original news story appears here.
It references the fact that this is a piano box, but dynamite was stored in it.
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E 03E4D81E31E2...
eiratansey (41 months ago | reply)
The McNamara brothers papers, which include some material from Clarence Darrow, are housed at the University of Cincinnati's Archives and Rare Books Library. For more information, check out this online exhibit:
www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/exhibits/m cnamara/intr...
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