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Two railroads into Cripple Creek. The great railway strikes, the first meat train leaving the Chicago stock yards under escort of United States cavalry, July 10, 1894.

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Call NumberZ-8790CreatorPeters, G. W.Date1890-1900SummaryView of a Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad train arriving in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado, and the wrecked train on its return. Cavalry soldiers stand on freight cars and escort a train on horseback at the Chicago stock yards. Strikers, some with clubs or stones, look on.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : halftone ; images and text 39 x 28 cm (15 1/2 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChicago (Ill.)Cripple Creek (Colo.)Cavalry--Illinois--ChicagoMeat industry strikes--Illinois--ChicagoRailroad accidents--Colorado--Cripple CreekRailroads--Colorado--Cripple CreekStockyards--Illinois--ChicagoStrikebreakers--Illinois--ChicagoFlorence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.Geographic AreaCripple Creek (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711008790Type of MaterialIllustrationsHalftone photomecanical printsTear sheetsNotesFormerly F8997. Tear sheet consists of page 701 removed from "Harper's Weekly," July 28, 1894. Tear sheet has halftone reproductions of photographs and a drawing. Title printed on tear sheet, with: "July 10, 1894, drawn by G. W. Peters from a sketch by G. A. Coffin."; R7110087908

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