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![[Reproduction of anarchist handbill "Attention workingmen! Great mass meeting ..." in article "The Chicago anarchists of 1886"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODYvMDEvMDEvcmVwcm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLWFuYXJjaGlzdC1oYW5kYmlsbC1hdHRlbnRpb24td29ya2luZ21lbi1ncmVhdC1tYXNzLW1lZXRpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/485/jpg "[Reproduction of anarchist handbill \"Attention workingmen! Great mass meeting ...\" in article \"The Chicago anarchists of 1886\"]")
![[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. Gen. Robert Anderson and Henry Ward Beecher present]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvY2hhcmxlc3Rvbi1zYy1mbGFnLXJhaXNpbmctY2VyZW1vbnktd2l0aC1icmV2ZXQtbWFqLWdlbi1yb2JlcnQtYW5kZXJzb24tYW5kLTdjMzg4NS02NDAuanBn/40/68/webp "[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. Gen. Robert Anderson and Henry Ward Beecher present]")
![[Socialist and labor union demonstration, Union Square, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvc29jaWFsaXN0LWFuZC1sYWJvci11bmlvbi1kZW1vbnN0cmF0aW9uLXVuaW9uLXNxdWFyZS1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Socialist and labor union demonstration, Union Square, New York City]")
![The Anarchist Riot in Chicago - A Dynamite Bomb exploding among the police [McCormick Strike, Haymarket Square]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODYvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWFuYXJjaGlzdC1yaW90LWluLWNoaWNhZ28tYS1keW5hbWl0ZS1ib21iLWV4cGxvZGluZy1hbW9uZy10aGUtcG9saWNlLW1jY29ybWljay02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "The Anarchist Riot in Chicago - A Dynamite Bomb exploding among the police [McCormick Strike, Haymarket Square]")
![[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - Great Central Station]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzEvMDEvMDEvcnVpbnMtYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LWZpcmUtb2Ytb2N0LTE4NzEtY2hpY2Fnby1ncmVhdC1jZW50cmFsLXN0YXRpb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - Great Central Station]")
![Great Republican rally. Come out ladies! Republicans - prohibitionists democrats - populists. Everybody come! A splendid treat of oratory ... Chicago, Ill [1900].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZ3JlYXQtcmVwdWJsaWNhbi1yYWxseS1jb21lLW91dC1sYWRpZXMtcmVwdWJsaWNhbnMtcHJvaGliaXRpb25pc3RzLWRlbW9jcmF0cy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "Great Republican rally. Come out ladies! Republicans - prohibitionists democrats - populists. Everybody come! A splendid treat of oratory ... Chicago, Ill [1900].")
