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Haymarket Square Rally
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Photograph of an artistic rendering of a rally held at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886, before the explosion of the bomb. Haymarket Square is at the Intersection of Randolph and Desplaines streets close to City Hall by the South Branch of the Chicago River. In this scene, thousands have gathered protesting the killing by police officers of two union member McCormick reaper factory workers during a confrontation between the union workers and their replacements the previous day.
May 4, 1886
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Haymarket Square Riot Infirmary
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A photograph of a painting depicting the wounded being treated at Desplaines Street police station after the Haymarket Square riot. The riot started as a rally protesting the killing by police offi...
Haymarket Square Riot
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Surrender of Albert Parsons
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A photograph of a painting depicting the surrender of Albert Parsons to Cook County Illinois authories. Parsons had been arrested in connection with a confrontation between striking workers and pol...
Workers Entering McCormick Reaper Works
1886
Elevated view of factory workers entering the Oakley Avenue gate of the McCormick Reaper Works. The men are filing in from the street, passing railroad boxcars, wagons and stacks of lumber.
McCormick Residence, Second Story, Architectural Drawing
1874
Original drawing of the second story of the McCormick residence, 675 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois. Construction started after the Chicago fire in 1874, and was completed in 1879. Three generation...
