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National Guard in ore car at Ludlow

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Call NumberX-60548Date1914SummaryMembers of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, are on top of a full ore car with their guns drawn near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. Boxcars from the Colorado & Southern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway are nearby.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 and Southern RailwayColorado Fuel and Iron Company--StrikesNorthern Pacific Railroad CompanyUnited Mine Workers of America--StrikesCoal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914Coal mining--Colorado--LudlowGunfights--Colorado--LudlowMilitia--Colorado--LudlowMiners' strikes--Colorado--LudlowMining--Colorado--LudlowRailroad freight cars--Colorado--LudlowGeographic AreaLudlow (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710060548Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesCondition: corner of print torn, piece missing. Formerly F29136. Title hand-written on back of print. R7100605487DonorEd Doyle

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National Guard in ore car at Ludlow