Imprisoned anarchists: Fielden; Schwab; Neebe. Mug shots taken at Joliet state prison of Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, and Oscar Neebe, convicted in the Haymarket Affair. These images on a glass plate negative were part of a set taken by the prison staff photographer for use in illustrated lectures on prison reform.
[ca. 1889]
Wetmore, S. W., photographer.
Forms part of: Joliet Prison Collection [graphic], 1889-1895 (Chicago Historical Society).
1 negative: b&w, glass; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Gift of Estelle S. Burton, 1952, CHS Accession no. 1987.0129 (CHS ICHi 31335).
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