Title: Italian Hall Disaster in Pictures
Photographer: J. W. Nara
Subject Headings: Disasters, Buildings - Public Buildings - Municipal Buildings - City, Persons
Condition: Good
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. [#11 in a series of 11 photographs depicting the aftermath of the tragedy. The town hall used as a temporary morgue and where the inquest was held.]
Source of Description: Front of photo [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Anonymous
Date of Photo: 1914
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 12.6 cm x 17.2 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MTU Neg 03529
Collection Name: MTU Oversize Collection - Labor Strikes - Drawer 115A
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