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The massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming

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Call NumberZ-3819CreatorThulstrup, Thure de, 1848-1930Date1880-1890SummaryChinese coal miners with bedrolls and crates of belongings, run from a mob of men with rifles in Rock Springs (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. A few Chinese men are hit by bullets or lay on the ground.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 29 x 40 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChinese--Wyoming--Rock Springs--19th centuryRock Springs (Wyo.)--19th centuryChasing--Wyoming--Rock Springs--19th centuryMassacres--Wyoming--Rock Springs--19th centuryGeographic AreaRock Springs (Wyo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003819; Harper's weekly. vol. XXIX, no. 1501.Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesFormerly F13940; Tear sheet consists of pages 637, removed from Harper's weekly, vol. XXIX no. 1501. Title, attribution and "from photographs by Lieutenant C. A. Booth, Seventh United States Infantry [See Page 638.]" printed on tear sheet. R7110038195

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