dynamite

The title is more intriguing than the photo. Any pointers to the story behind it?

This might be it: SEIZED DYNAMITE GUARDED.; Business Men Alarmed by Find in Indianapolis.

That article doesn't seem to say anything about a barn. Unless this is some odd "office barn."

TELL OF DYNAMITE NEAR THEIR HOMES; Children Skated on Floors Stained by Nitro-Glycerine, Witnesses Declare to McNamara Jury

A list of correspondence to and from John J. and James B. McNamara (A John J rented the barn. www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/exhibits/mcnamara/docu...

Looks like a version of this painting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlfredNobel_adjusted.jpg Alfred Nobel (1833 - 1896) inventor of dynamite and the prizes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel

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rural utility poles

being related to the "dynamite conspiracy" and the troubles with the Iron Workers Union www.geocities.com/ironworkers373/iwhistory3b.html query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950CE3D7173CE6...

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This exact photo was used on Page 3 of the April 26, 1911 Washington Post. The arrest of McNamara happened on April 23, so the photo was taken sometime in the interim. The barn was rented by John J. McNamara. Owned by "T. H" or "D." or "F. M." Jones (different Washington Post articles), a half mile or 3/4 mile west of Indianapolis. Dynamite and nitroglycerine were found inside. A photo of "F. M." Jones accompanies this photo in the April 26 1911 Washington Post.

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