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Adolph Fischer
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Adolph Fischer was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot.
Fischer in 1886
Fischer in 1886
August Spies
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August Vincent Theodore Spies was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. One of the most prominent German-speaking anarchists in America during the decade of the 1880s,
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…for German immigrants. In 1883, he moved his family to Chicago, where he became a compositor at the Arbeiter-Zeitung, a pro-labor newspaper run by August Spies and Michael Schwab. It was around then that he also joined the International Working People's Association and the Lehr und Wehr Verein, a radical…
Spies' appearance at the time of his conviction in 1886
Spies' appearance at the time of his conviction in 1886
Frontis illustration from Spies' autobiography, published by his wife.
Frontis illustration from Spies' autobiography, published by his wife.
Original reference photograph by Levin & Maul's Studio (1886-1887), c. 1886 (reissue by J. Maul, between 1887 and 1895).
Original reference photograph by Levin & Maul's Studio (1886-1887), c. 1886 (reissue by J. Maul, between 1887 and 1895).
The last photograph of August Spies at his prison cell in County Jail on May 3, 1887 (photographer: John Joergen Kanberg).
The last photograph of August Spies at his prison cell in County Jail on May 3, 1887 (photographer: John Joergen Kanberg).