Italian Hall Disaster in Pictures

Italian Hall Disaster in Pictures [Image #:MTU Neg 00825; MTU Neg 03528]

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Title:	Italian Hall Disaster in Pictures
Photographer:	J. W. Nara
Date:	1914
Description:	"Italian Hall Disaster in Pictures" Where 74 people lost their lives in the Christmas Eve Celebration at Calumet, Mich., Dec. 24, 1913, in the panic of false cry of "fire" during big strike in Copper Country. The biggest catastrophe of its nature in the history of Michigan. [#4 and 5 in a series of 11 photographs depicting the aftermath of the tragedy. Two images of bodies of some of the victims in one of the morgues.]
Source of Description:	Front of photo [cataloger]
Subject(s):	Disasters Victims - Disaster Victims - Child Disaster Victims Buildings

Number of Pieces:	Two Piece(s)
Medium:	photographic print;
Color:	B&W;
Size:	12.6 cm x 17.2 cm
Polarity:	; Positive.
Contents Note:	MTU Neg 00825; Some of the children; MTU Neg 03528; Adults and children in morgue
Local Note(s):

Donor:	Anonymous
Institution:	MTU Archives
Collection:	MTU Oversize Collection - Labor Strikes - Drawer 115A
Collection #:
Image #:	MTU Neg 00825; MTU Neg 03528
Condition:	Good

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