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[Dead man, killed by bomb at Anarchist riot, Union Square, New York City] – Antique Print

[Dead man, killed by bomb at Anarchist riot, Union Square, New York City], 1908 March 28. — historic photograph
[Dead man, killed by bomb at Anarchist riot, Union Square, New York City], 1908 March 28.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A grim news photograph from George Grantham Bain's collection records a man killed by a bomb during an anarchist disturbance in Union Square on March 28, 1908. The gathering was a demonstration by unemployed workers, many drawn in by anarchist speakers, in the hard times that followed the Panic of 1907. When police moved to break up the crowd, the explosion stirred widespread fear of anarchist violence in New York. Bain, a working news photographer, documented many such street events, and his pictures are valued for their immediacy.

Created / published1908 March 28.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 49-9. Caption card tracings: Riots -- 1908; NY -- NYC -- Misc. -- 1908; Anarchists and anarchism -- NY -- NYC -- 1908; Death; Geogr.; Riots; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,105 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151702

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