1908: Lazarus Averbuch, deceased (front)

Lazarus Averbuch, deceased (front)

Dead body of Lazarus Averbuch held up in a chair by Captain Evans of the police department, front view

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

Created/Published 1908 Mar. 2.

Summary Image of the dead body of Lazarus Averbuch held up in a chair by Captain Evans of the Chicago police department. Averbuch was an alleged anarchist who was shot and killed at Police Chief George M. Shippy’s house in Chicago, Illinois.

Notes A detail of this photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer was published in the newspaper on March 2, 1908.

Cite as: DN-0005898, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society Reproduction Number: DN-0005898 Digital ID: ichicdn n005898

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