Call NumberX-99CreatorByers, Joseph E.Date1903-1904SummaryGovernor Peabody's National guardsmen in uniforms with guns and rifles keep order during the labor dispute of 1903-1904, on boardwalk in front of hardware store at Colorado Avenue and South Alder, Telluride, Colorado. Black shopkeeper in apron has gun in holster; other men in suits and ties at door with "332" above, pose with the militia outside store. The two-story false front wood frame structure has large-pane storefront windows, two double door entries with transoms on street level, and large block letters painted on exterior: "F. D. Work & Co., Hardware and Steam Fittings, Mine and Mill Supplies. Paints, Oils, &, Glass. Sash & Doors. Assayers, Supplies." Local citizens and mine owners requested Colorado National Guard to control streets from September 1, 1903 to November 29, 1904, during strikes by the Western Federation of Miners and United Mine Workers of America.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 16 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectTelluride (Colo.)Hardware stores--Colorado--TellurideMiners' strikes--Colorado--TellurideGeographic AreaTelluride (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710000099Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesPenciled on back of photoprint: "About 1903, Note Militia, Sent In During Strike."; Photographer's signature inked on original, lower right. Stamp on back of photoprint: "Homer E. Reid, Telluride Colo."; Title supplied by cataloger.
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