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Water Tank Hill Sgt. Davis at gun

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Call NumberX-60543CreatorMace, StuartDate1914SummaryMembers of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, including Sergeant John Davis, pose near an M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun on a tripod on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. A nearby wooden crate reads: "1200 Ball Cartr[idges] .30 Model 1906 For Mo[?] Rifle C. P Dupont Pyro Celluion [?] der, Lot No. 246 of 1910 Muzzle Veloc[ity] [pe]r second U. S. Cartridge [M]assachusetts".Physical Description1 copy negative : film ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado. National Guard--Colorado--LudlowColorado Fuel and Iron Company--StrikesUnited Mine Workers of America--StrikesCoal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914Ludlow (Colo.)Coal mining--Colorado--LudlowMilitia--Colorado--LudlowMiners' strikes--Colorado--LudlowMining--Colorado--LudlowRifles--Colorado--LudlowDavis, John, SergeantCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710060543Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F29135. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Title hand-written on back of print. Identification of gun provided by customer. R7100605437

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