No. 5 Cripple Creek
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Call Number |
CHS.X9294 |
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Title |
No. 5 Cripple Creek |
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Creator(s) |
Yelton & Wisda Photo. |
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Summary |
Members of the Colorado National Guard in uniform pose on railroad tracks in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Colonel Verdeckberg, Milt Unfinger [?], [General] Sherman Bell, Gen. Overmeyer, and Gen. John Chase are identified. Probably William D. "Big Bill" Haywood, the Secretary-Treasurer of the W.F.M. (Western Federation of Miners), stands in work clothes and suspenders beside the National Guardsmen. |
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Date |
[1903] |
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Notes |
Accession number: H.819.1; History Colorado.; Mounted on verso of album page CHS.X9293.; Photographic prints are included in: Col. Edward Verdeckberg album.; Title and attribution inked on original and reproduced in photographic print.; R7200092944 |
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Physical Description |
1 photographic print ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 16 x 25 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) |
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Is Part Of |
Col. Edward Verdeckberg album. |
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Subject |
Colorado. National Guard--People--Colorado--1900-1910.
Western Federation of Miners--People--1900-1910.
Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.
Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.
Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.
Miners' strikes--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.
Miners' unions--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.
Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928.
Verdeckberg, Edward. |
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Source |
Edward Verdeckberg; gift; 1934. |
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Rights |
Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees |
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Reproduction Available for Purchase |
Yes |
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Type of Material |
Gelatin silver printing-out paper prints.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image |
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Format-Medium |
Photograph |
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Identifier |
H.819.1 |
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Filename |
20009294.TIF |
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