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Aftermath of Ludlow Massacre

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Call NumberZ-4952Date1914SummaryCoal miners, a boy, a teenager, and a young girl stand and eat slices of bread near the remnants of the tent colony destroyed in the Ludlow Massacre during the U.M.W. strike against C.F. & I. in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wood, pieces of canvas, boxes, metal tubs and rubble cover the ground. A suitcase is near the children. The men wear hats, some wear overcoats, the children wear hats and coats.Physical Description1 photographic print (postcard) : albumen ; 9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado Fuel and Iron Company--StrikesUnited Mine Workers of America--StrikesLudlow (Colo.)Children--Colorado--LudlowCoal miners--Colorado--LudlowEating customsDrinking customs--Colorado--LudlowMiners' strikes--Colorado--LudlowMining camps--Colorado--LudlowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004952Type of MaterialPhotographic postcardsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesNumber "165" inked on original and reproduced in photographic print. Penciled on back of postcard: "Big George" and [?]. Title supplied. R7110049528

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