Call NumberZ-12018SummaryMembers of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency pose with an improvised armored steel reinforced car known by striking UMWA miners as the Death Special, probably in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. The automobile was constructed from the body of a touring car and reinforced with steel by the CF & I (Colorado Fuel & Iron) plant in Pueblo. The detectives were brought in to suppress the striking coal miners in 1914. They hold rifles, and one man has his hand on one of the machine guns that were mounted on the automobile. The car has a floodlight mounted on the windscreen. The men wear suits and snap-brimmed hats. The driver wears a cap. A nearby railroad gondola car has a sign that reads: "Missouri, Kansas and Texas 11305."Physical Description1 photographic print : albumen ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBaldwin-Felts Detectives, Inc.--PeopleLudlow (Colo.)Armored vehiclesDetectivesStrikebreakersCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711012018Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsNotesTitle penciled on verso of print. R7110120188
Baldwin Felts detective agency's steel car used for company attacks on miners. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/06/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131280
