Call NumberP-1928CreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Date1894SummaryCaptain Brown's Leadville Company and Company K. of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, near Gillett, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand and kneel, some shoulder rifles while others take aim. One man is on horseback. A hitched two wheel wagon and a cannon separate the two companies. Mine works stand in the distance.Physical Description1 copy photonegative : nitrate ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 17 cm (4 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894Gillett (Colo.)Cannons--Colorado--GillettHorseback riding--Colorado--GillettMilitias--Colorado--GillettMiners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple CreekCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700171928Type of MaterialNitrate negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromMarshall Sprague.Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.NotesCondition: small holes near edge of nitrate negative. Etched on nitrate negative: "Deps Before Bull Hill 1893". Formerly F-9014; Title from stamp in nitrate negative. Written on back of print: "Cripple Creek Strike, 1894" "Deputy Army in Beaver Park near Gillett, June 1894. (on back.)" "(From Charles F. Gardiner Estate.)"; R7001719288
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley), Company K Capt. Browns Leadville Company (1894). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/08/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1047326
