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TitleAn Incendiary Can--from a Photograph
Date1889
SourceSchaack, Michael J. Anarchy and Anarchists.Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company, 1889.
CreatorUnknown
CategoryEquipment
TypePainting/Drawing/Etching/Other
PermissionNorthern Illinois University
SubjectHaymarket
InfoThis is a tin can filled with petroleum, and provided with a small powder flask, secured in the center by means of a screw-top, which also serves to hold the fuse in position. Numbers of these cans were found. They were intended for setting fire to buildings and other property.
Themes|| Law and Society