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Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis (LOC)

Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis (LOC) by The Library of Congress.
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Wreckage of new library building, Indianapolis

[between 1910 and 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
Indianapolis

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.09159

Call Number: LC-B2- 2192-8 

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billkules says:

Makes me wonder what happened...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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WxMom  Pro User  says:

I was thinking the same thing...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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jody9  Pro User  says:

Had to have been a tornado that caused it.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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swanq says:

query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950DE 0D7133CE633A...
suggests it was dynamite.

Albert von Spreckelsen, a contractor who employed non-union labor, testified that on October 25, 1909, several buildings in Indianapolis associated with him suffered explosions. The public library was one of them. Another is shown at www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/216 3453880/ which has more about the ironworkers' "dynamite campaign" in a comment.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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~Diablo~ says:

Fascinating history - thanks for that link swang.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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krikketgirl  Pro User  says:

This was the Hawthorne Branch of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, a Carnegie-funded library. It was at Mount and Ohio Streets in Indianapolis. The library opened in 1911 and closed in 1955. This information per "A Live Thing in the Whole Town: The history of the Indianapolis-Marion County Publi Library 1873-1990," by Lawrence J. Downey.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Ted l'Arbitre says:

So Old
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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cangeceiro says:

Hello, I represent NUVO Newsweekly in indianapolis. We have a flickr group for photos of indianapolis. It would be great if you could join our group and add this photo to our pool

Great Image, I would like to invite you to join the NUVO.net flickr pool and submit this image to it.

www.flickr.com/groups/nuvo/
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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The Library of Congress  Pro User  says:

Hi cangeceiro,

We received your request to have a Library of Congress photo added to your group: NUVO.net.

Please click on the "Invite this photo to..." link below the comment box, and we'd be glad to accept it.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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cangeceiro says:

Thanks very much. I am definatly enjoying all the old photos you guys have been posting here at flickr
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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BigBean  Pro User  says:

This photo is being discussed in one of the projects in the Flickr Commons group, and we would love to have this added to the group pool!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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