Bain News Service,, publisher.
N.Y. house wrecked by Caron bomb
1914 July 5 (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows the destruction caused by a bomb at 1626 Lexington Avenue, New York City, which killed four people and injured many others. Anarchist conspirators were making the bomb which they intended to put at John D. Rockefeller's home in Tarrytown, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
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
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16476
Call Number: LC-B2- 3135-3
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Owner:
The Library of Congress
Source:
Flickr Commons
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Raven Cat
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Avenue_bombing
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Caron
trialsanderrors
I added the picture to the bombing and the Caron Wikipedia articles. The full-sized version is now here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_house_wrecked_by...
Kristi (LOC P&P)
Raven Cat, Richard Arthur Norton & trialsanderrors: Thanks for pointing to the full story about this photograph. We can add much more detail to the description when we update the record.
In Memoriam: Wystan
Bain/LOC photo of the Caron funeral procession: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5694129204/in/photostream Photo of Mr. Caron before the explosion: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5456220470/