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Police Chief George M. Shippy´s Home

Police Chief George M. Shippy´s Home
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Hallway and stairway inside the residence of Police Chief George M. Shippy, seen from the front door

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

Created/Published
ca. 1908 Mar. 16

Summary
Interior view, from the front door, of a stairway and hallway inside the residence of Police Chief George M. Shippy at 31 Lincoln Place in Chicago, Illinois. Harry Shippy, the son of the police chief, ran down this stairway during the altercation with Lazarus Averbuch, an alleged anarchist who was shot and killed inside this house.

Notes
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer was published in the newspaper on March 16, 1908.

Cite as: DN-0005943, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.
Reproduction Number: DN-0005943
Digital ID: ichicdn n005943

Case number: 56

        

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