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- Forbes
- View of mining sheds, ore cars, lumber, and men, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of mining machinery damaged during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado; shows boiler tanks, pipes, sheds, and corrugated metal.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of a feeding trough, buggies, and metal mining buildings, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- 1914
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of a mine processing facility, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado; shows a concrete structure with a hopper and turbine housing.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- September, 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows ore car rails, a switch yard, depot, miner's cabins, buildings, and people.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of miners' houses and ore processing sheds in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows a water trough, wagons, mining ore processing sheds, ore cars, machinery, and sandstone bluffs.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of mining ore cars and miners' houses in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Forbes
- View of a coal mine operation in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado with ore cart tracks and oar carts, tram engine, and buildings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- [1914?]
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of a sloped coal mine building in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado with a rooftop vent and covered water power wheel.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- September 1914
- Forbes
- View of a coal mine operation in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado with elevated platform, headframe, buildings, railroad cars and lumber.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Forbes
- Coal mine building with a covered, water power wheel and "Danger" sign in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Waterwheels--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- September 1914
- Newspaper men and women in Forbes under white flag
- Two reporters, one holds a white flag, observe the ruins of a coal mine operation burned during the UMF labor strike against CF&I in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Flags of truce--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- [1914?]
- Showing 4 bodies at Forbes
- View of four bodies killed during the UMF labor strike against CF&I in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dead...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- Several newspaper men with a white flag observe the ruins of a coal mine operation burned during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Flags of truce--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- [1914?]
- Ludlow strike
- Mining camp in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado shows: rows of miner's cabins, and ore pit carts on tracks.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- [1914]
- Forbes
- Ruins of a coal mine attacked by UMF labor strikers against CF&I, in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows buildings and lumber.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914 April 28
- Forbes
- Ruins of a coal mine attacked by UMF labor strikers against CF&I, in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows wheels of a hoist apparatus.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914 April 28
- Forbes
- Ruins of a coal mine attacked by UMF labor strikers against CF&I, in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows stone foundations, shacks, and stream.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914 April 28
- Forbes, Colorado
- A miner in bib overalls holds a horse by the bridle, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- [1914?]
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of houses in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; also shows ore car trestles.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of houses and mining sheds in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of a miner's house, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of boxcars in a trestle or loading hopper, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of damage from the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado; shows a stone foundation of a burned house, and a privy.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of ore cars, mining sheds, and a trestle, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of Forbes Mine ruins, after the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado, during (possibly) the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows a mining ore car trestle / loader, railroad tracks and a switch, ties, and sheds.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of a stone (mining administrator?) residence in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of a mining ore loading trestle in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows sheds, railroad cars, and ties.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- September, 1914
- Forbes
- View of a mining ore trestle in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows sheds, a boxcar, and sandstone bluffs.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- Burned house foundations are by miners' sheds in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, after the UMF labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- Ore cars and miners are on switch yard tracks in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; tracklaying machinery is by sheds.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows miners' houses. One has an enclosed porch.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of a garage in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows wagons and miner's houses.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows a store or warehouse, miners houses, and a parked automobile.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of miners' cabins in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; also shows ore cars.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows miners' cabins, a wagon, and road grade.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows miner's cabins, a store or warehouse, and ore car tracks.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows a store and miners' houses.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows mine ore processing sheds, ore cars and tracks, and mine administration buildings.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mine...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of a mining administration building in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows mining ore car tracks and switches, processing sheds, and tracklaying machinery.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of a miner's house in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- [1914?]
- Forbes
- View of burned house foundations in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, after the UMF labor strike against CF&I; also shows men by sheds and ore car tracks.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of the railroad switchyard in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows miners, mining ore cars, wire spools, and frame or stone buildings.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mine...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of metal shop buildings in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows miners, a water trough, and wagons.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Forbes
- View of metal wreckage in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, after the UMF mining labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Forbes
- Ashes of a burned building cover stone foundations in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, after the UMF mining labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Foundations--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Forbes
- A man smokes a pipe, holds his horse's reins, and sits in his wagon, in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF mining labor strike against CF&I. An ore loading trestle is in the background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Horse...
- 1914