Southern Whist Club
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Bomb 32, a room in the Southern Whist Club showing various furniture including a table set with bottles and glasses following a bomb explosion, light exposure
Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
Created/Published
1909 June 1
Summary
Interior view of a room in the Southern Whist Club showing various furniture including a table set with bottles and glasses following a bomb explosion. The text on this image reads: (Bomb) 261 State Street but the building was located at 261 Wabash Avenue in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The bombing was attributed to activities dubbed the 'gambling war' involving a series of bombings on gambling resorts over a two year period.
Notes
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.
Cite as: DN-0007941, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. This image is similar to DN-0007904.
Reproduction Number: DN-0007941
Digital ID: ichicdn n007941
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