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Ardent Socialist and social reformer; author of the shocking bestseller, "The Jungle," (1906) a novel that exposed deplorable conditions in the meatpacking industry in Chicago. In 1914, the date of this photo, the movie version of "The Jungle" was released. Sinclair himself appeared at the beginning and end of the film. Born in Baltimore, Sinclair as a child moved with his family to New York City, and grew up there.

Thank you victuallers2 and Wystan for the information on Upton Sinclair. We will add some of it to the image description when we update.

Another 1914 Bain/LOC photo of Upton Sinclair in New York City:

Do you mean to tell me that the LOC needs to be told about Upton Sinclair? Something is very, very wrong here.

On 5 September 1913, fire destroyed sixty blocks of Hot Springs, Arkansas. It started in a laundry and was blown by winds into the fashionable residential area along Malvern Avenue. A sanitarium, a high school, a stylish hotel, a courthouse, and a Methodist church were all destroyed in the blaze. Amazingly, no lives were lost in the fire; but about 2500 people were left homeless.

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probably the strikebreaker in this story: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01E4D81439E333A...

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Thanks for adding this to the Police History Group -- Seen in Police History (?)

STRIKE MOB PELTS WORKMAN AND POLICE; 3,000 Join in Attacking a Factory Employe Who Wouldn't Quit and His Escort. May 10, 1911, Wednesday A mob of 3,000 persons, among them many women, hooted and jeered early yesterday evening as eight mounted policemen, eight men on foot, and two bicycle policemen escorted Harry Gorrie to his home at 511 Fifty-third Street, Brooklyn, from the E.W. Bliss Projectile Works, at Fifty-third Street and First Avenue. -NY Times archives you can use the link posted above to get to the full story.

That was really sweet of them - to give out the man's full address.