The Haymarket Riot
date: label: date made
content: 1962
label: associated date
content: 1886
name: label: affiliated union
content: United Auto Workers
label: maker
content: United Auto Workers
notes: label: Description
content: The Haymarket Riot, or Haymarket Incident, occured on May 4, 1886 near Chicago's Haymarket Square. What began as a protest against the killing and wounding of several workers during a strike at the McCormick Reaper Works, turned into a violent riot as an unidentified person threw a bomb at the police resulting in the death of eight people.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: general subject association
content: labor issues
label: general subject association
content: Labor Unions
label: general subject association
content: Riots or Civil Disorder
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Smithsonian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0701.09
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0701.09
label: accession number
content: 1988.0701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 19 in; 55.88 cm x 48.26 cm