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- Strikers tent colony Ludlow Colorado
- Portrait of men, boys, and girls at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; sign on canvas tent behind the crowd reads: "Dispensary and office of Drs. Harvey and Davis Union Doctors."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Coal miners' families
- Portrait of men, women, and children at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; also shows a canvas tent with lettering; "Made for the Neeley-Caldwell Hardware Co., Walsenburg, Colo."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Ludlow striker
- Lawson [?], a coal miner on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, hoists a barbed-wire wrapped fencepost with a pulley in the UMW tent colony.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barbed wire--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914 November 1st
- Soldiers at Ludlow
- Colorado National Guard ride horses at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseback...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Hole where bodies of 11 children and 2 women were recovered from after fire at Ludlow Tent Colony
- A man enters an underground shelter at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, in which women and children died during a fire set by the Colorado National Guard.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arson--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Cellar at Ludlow Colony where women and children were killed
- A man inspects an underground shelter at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, in which women and children died during a fire set by the Colorado National Guard.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arson--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Ruins of Ludlow Tent Colony
- UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, after a fire set by the Colorado National Guard; shows a stove, cookware, a cellar entrance, and charred wood.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arson--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- John Bartoloti. Victim at Ludlow
- John Bartoloti, who died in a fire set by the Colorado National Guard at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, lays on a plank, by a fur rug and office chair.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dead persons--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Ludlow victim
- View of a man who died in a fire set by the Colorado National Guard at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado; he lays on a plank, by a fur rug and office chair.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dead persons--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Colo. National Guard Trinidad Colorado
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose by a cannon in a camp near Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Civilian spectators look on.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Artillery...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Ludlow strike Colorado National Guard
- A member of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, aims an automatic rifle on a tripod, probably near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. Other guards stand nearby.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Colonel Davis seated in front of his tent in the main militia camp at Trinidad.
- Colonel Davis of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, poses by his tent in a camp near Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Battery "B" Colorado National Guard just target practice near Ludlow.
- Members of Battery B of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, shoot canons for target practice near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- The Ludlow tent colony after the "massacre."
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose with their rifles drawn in the destroyed miners' camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Historical...
- [1914]
- George S. Minot at age 20 Pvt Signal Corps, Colorado National Guard Trinidad, Colorado.
- Private George S. Minot of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, poses outside in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. He wears an ammunition belt and holster with his uniform.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad...
- November, 1913
- Machine gun on Water Tower Hill at Ludlow
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, sit near an automatic rifle on a tripod near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. A Colorado & Southern Railway (C&S) train makes its way past the town.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Machine gun at Water Tank Hill Ludlow.
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose with their guns, which include an automatic rifle on a tripod, on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The tracks of the Colorado &...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Miners on strike and the Colorado National Guard
- Miners on strike and members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, stand near a Colorado & Southern Railway (C&S) boxcar and hold an American flag near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, muster before mess near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose outside with their rifles near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, muster, with their rifles, for inspection in a camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Troops of the 11th U.S. Cavalry enroute to Trinidad
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose in a train car en route to Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- May 2-6, 1914
- Enroute to Trinidad
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose in a train car en route to Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- May 2-6 1914
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose inside a wooden building with their rifles and handguns, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose outside, probably in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1913 or 1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose their rifles at night in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the time...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry unload supplies from a boxcar on the Colorado & Southern Railway near Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields...
- Colorado and Southern Railway.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1914]
- Ludlow strike Federal troops unloading at Trinidad 11th U.S. Cavalry.
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, unload a covered wagon from a flatcar on the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railway (C & S) in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of...
- Colorado and Southern Railway.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry arriving at Trinidad
- A member of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, shakes hands with a man as the Cavalry arrives in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- A member of the 11th U.S. Cavalry sits and dismantles his rifle near a wooden crate that reads: "Old Dutch Cleanser The Cudahy Packing Co.," in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914]
- Ludlow strike Federal troops 11th U.S. Cavalry.
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose in front of a boarded up wooden building in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Military...
- [1914]
- Ludlow strike Federal troops unloading at Ludlow, Colorado.
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, that include Homer Lockett, stand near the railroad depot in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- May 4, 1914
- Ludlow strike federal troops at Trinidad.
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose near a railroad passenger car at Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [May, 1914]
- Maj. Holbrook in charge of Federal troops
- Major Willard A. Holbrook, commander of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, poses near a railroad car in either Trinidad or Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- April 29, 1914
- Colorado National Guard
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, walk through a forested area with their rifles aimed, probably near Ludlow or Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad...
- [1913 or 1914]
- National Guardsman shooting at strikers
- A man, identified as a member of the Colorado National Guard, crouches with a rifle behind a pile of rubble. The man wears a cowboy hat, overalls, sweater, and leather gloves. The charred barricade appears to be remains of the United Mine Workers...
- Colorado. National Guard--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1914]
- View of Red Cross Society on arrival at Ludlow
- Men and women of the Red Cross stand in the ruins of the Ludlow tent colony (Las Animas County), Colorado after a fire set by the Colorado National Guard. Shows the burned ruins of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) camp for coal miners...
- American Red Cross--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914 April, May
- Striker at San Raphael
- A coal miner identified as Rade Tepavich prepares to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. He holds a rifle, a pistol in his ammunition belt and wears a kerchief in support...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913 or 1914
- Women's march
- Miners and women march to free Mother Jones from prison and support the UMW Ludlow strike against CF&I, Commercial Street, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Jones, Mother, 1843?-1930--Capture & imprisonment.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [January, 1914]
- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- A member of the 5th U. S. Cavalry poses with his rifle inside a building in Trinidad (Las Animas County) Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1914]