Stephen Photo Studio
Portrait of Burnette Haskell alongside J.J. Callahan When They Were Editors for Colorado's "The Labor Enquirer", 1887
Albumen print
6 1/2 x 4 inches
With photographer's credit mount recto and Haskell's identification, in ink, mount recto.
With photographer's credit mount recto and Haskell's identification, in ink, mount recto.
An extremely are photograph showing Burnette Haskell, a radical California labor organizer, alongside James J. Callahan, taken in 1887 when both men were working as editors for the Denver newspaper,...
An extremely are photograph showing Burnette Haskell, a radical California labor organizer, alongside James J. Callahan, taken in 1887 when both men were working as editors for the Denver newspaper, “The Labor Enquirer.” Haskell is seated on the left side of the photo.
According to the Library of Congress, the Labor Enquirer was first printed in 1882, and was “unapologetically socialist.” Callahan took over in 1887 and was joined by Burnette later that year. As the L.O.C. writes, “Callahan was joined by Burnette G. Haskell, who served as the resident editor for about six months. Haskell was formerly associated with ‘The Truth,’ published in San Francisco. Under Haskell's editorship, the paper fell afoul of the Knights of Labor, who had once championed the Enquirer, leading to an all-out boycott of the paper.
Haskell returned to California where he began The Kaweah Colony, a utopian socialist community located in the Sierra Nevadas. Haskell and his followers lived in the woods under a grove of giant Sequoias, including one they named “Karl Marx.” The colony officially disbanded in 1892.
Deaccessioned from the Bancroft Library, thence to the estate of Ron Lerch.
According to the Library of Congress, the Labor Enquirer was first printed in 1882, and was “unapologetically socialist.” Callahan took over in 1887 and was joined by Burnette later that year. As the L.O.C. writes, “Callahan was joined by Burnette G. Haskell, who served as the resident editor for about six months. Haskell was formerly associated with ‘The Truth,’ published in San Francisco. Under Haskell's editorship, the paper fell afoul of the Knights of Labor, who had once championed the Enquirer, leading to an all-out boycott of the paper.
Haskell returned to California where he began The Kaweah Colony, a utopian socialist community located in the Sierra Nevadas. Haskell and his followers lived in the woods under a grove of giant Sequoias, including one they named “Karl Marx.” The colony officially disbanded in 1892.
Deaccessioned from the Bancroft Library, thence to the estate of Ron Lerch.