San Francisco’s Haymarket: A Redemptive Tale of Class Struggle

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Tom Mooney in his cell in San Quentin (c. 1932)

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Mooney appeals for his release in 1933 (video)

Tom Mooney had real evidence of his innocence, but was denied a new trial or pardon for 22 years.

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At 2:01 p.m. on July 22, 1916, a photo by Wade Hamilton places Tom and Rena Mooney on the Eilers Buildng at 975 Market, at the time they were allegedly placing the bomb a mile east at Steuart and Market. This photograph was in the possession of the prosecutors but was never presented at trial.

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Tom Mooney parades triumphantly up Market Street, after being released from San Quentin Prison, January 1939, after 22 and a half years imprisonment.

Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA

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Tom Mooney and crowd on Market Street, January 1939.


Photo: Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University

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Tom Mooney turns onto McAllister from Market during his return parade, January 1939.

Photo: Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University


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