Members of the Colorado National Guard Signal Corps pose for a group portrait at Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men pose with signal lights, signal flags, tripods and a box camera. They wear uniforms with hats, boots and gaiters, ammunition belts with pistol holsters, and gauntlets. Some jackets are decorated with chevrons. Shows buildings covered with tar paper, and telegraph poles at the camp.
Accession number: H.819.1; History Colorado.; Mounted on verso of album page CHS.X9297.; Photographic prints are included in: Col. Edward Verdeckberg album.; Title, attribution and "No. 74" inked on original and reproduced in photographic print.; R7200092986
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.)
Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Signal flags--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Signal lights--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
