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- Denver Tramway Company strike
- A crowd watches as two men carry an injured man on a stretcher to an ambulance during the Denver Tramway Company strike in 1920. Denver Police officers stand in front of the crowd. Shows two damaged trolley cars.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Strikes--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Labor unions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroad strikes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street...
- August 1920
- Denver Tramway Company strikers
- A large crowd watches as Denver Tramway Company strikers and supporters climb into a damaged trolley car during the union members strike in 1920. A second damaged trolley car is in front of the first.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Strikes--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Labor unions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroad strikes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street...
- August 1920
- Dennis Sheedy Letters: Volume 2
- Standard Mine close to Lafayette.
- A man aims an automatic rifle on a tripod near the Standard Mine, part of the UMW strike against RMFC, near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. Another man stands in a nearby wooden shelter.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Standard Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine guns--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- February 14, 1914
- Tommas Standard
- Men pose near an automatic rifle on a tripod near a wooden shelter, a part of the UMW strike against the RMFC, at the Standard Mine near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. A woman is in the shelter.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Standard Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine guns--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- February 14, 1914
- Seven Sioux warriors
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- February 1891
- Deputies camp at Victor
- View of a military camp at Victor, Teller County, Colorado, during a mining labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners; shows tents, soldiers, houses, and mine processing buildings.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- June 10, 1894
- Victor Colo. (during 2nd strike)
- Colorado National Guard soldiers hold Western Federation of Miners leaders at gun point on Fourth Street in Victor, Teller County, Colorado, during a mining labor strike. Brick businesses, mine processing buildings, tailing piles, and a crowd of...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- June 10, 1904
- C. C. Hamlin of Mine Owner's Association addressing crowd
- People crowd Fourth and Victor Avenues and a vacant lot in Victor, Teller County, Colorado, during a Western Federation of Miners labor strike, by houses and mining processing sheds. Clarence C. Hamlin, of the Mine Owner's Association, provoked a...
- Audiences--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Public speaking--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- June 6, 1904
- Troops during Coeur d'Alene troubles
- Soldiers pose at camp in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho, during a mining labor strike. Uniforms include rifles and kepi hats; men play cards and smoke pipes or cigars.
- Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Idaho--Coeur d'Alene--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Idaho--Coeur d'Alene--1900-1910.; Mining--Idaho--Coeur d'Alene--1900-1910.; Soldiers--Idaho--Coeur d'Alene--1900-1910.
- June or July, 1892
- Wallace, Ida looking west, during labor troubles troops camped in foreground
- Soldiers' tents fill a vacant lot in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho, during a mining labor strike; brick and frame businesses flank the encampment.
- Wallace (Idaho)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Military camps--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Mining--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.; Tents--Idaho--Wallace--1890-1900.
- June, 1892
- Victor, Colo (during 2nd strike)
- Horse-drawn hearses line Fourth Street in Victor, Teller County, Colorado, at a funeral procession for victims of a terrorist bombing, during a mining labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners; crowds stand in the rain with umbrellas. Ore...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Victor--1900-1910.; Funeral processions--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- June, 1904
- Meeker, Colorado
- View of Troop D, National Guard, as they organize to march to Cripple Creek to assist in breaking the strike there, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A group of boys and a few men look on as the Guard assembles mounted on horses.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Strikes--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; United States. National Guard Bureau.
- March 1904
- 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
- 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
- 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
- U. S. troops at Louisville, Colo.
- Camp of U. S. troops, called in to suppress the UMW strike against RMFC, near Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military camps--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Military personnel--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- May, 1914
- Underground mine railway, 2550 level, Magma Copper Company, Superior, Arizona
- Manual Gonzalez (?) drives an ore cart train 2550 feet underground on the railway used by the Magma Copper Company, Superior, Arizona. He wears a battery powered headlamp and has a tin of Prince Albert tobacco and a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes...
- Superior (Ariz.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Arizona--Superior--1930-1940.; Mine railroads--Arizona--Superior--1930-1940.; Miners--Arizona--Superior--1930-1940.; Mining--Arizona--Superior--1930-1940.
- November 22, 1938
- 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
- Hoisting ore, Shurtloff mine.
- Colorado National Guard is posted at the Shurtloff Mine during the labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners, Cripple Creek District, Colorado. A miner stands on a platform attending a bucket of ore on a hoist.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 24, 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- A large crowd watches the armed Colorado National Guard escort striking members of the Western Federation of Miners from the depot to the court house, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Sign on the National Hotel, corner of 4th and Bennett, reads: "National...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 6, 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- One of the camps in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado set up by the Colorado National Guard to combat a labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners. Shows men in uniform among several tents.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- September 6, 1903
- Cripple Creek strike
- Cripple Creek District courtroom before opening of court during the labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners, with Lieutenant T. E. McClelland and attorneys Eugene Engley and Murphy.
- McClelland, T. E.--Trials, litigation, etc.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courtrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Judicial proceedings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- September 6, 1903
- 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 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
- Lafayette House
- Exterior photograph of the Lafayette House located in Lafayette, Colorado. In 1900, the large two-story Lafayette House opened its doors for business, accepting both overnight guests and boarders. It also provided quarters for Baldwin-Felts...
- Lafayette House (Lafayette, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Lafayette House
- Exterior photograph of the Lafayette House located in Lafayette, Colorado. In 1900, the large two-story Lafayette House opened its doors for business, accepting both overnight guests and boarders. It also provided quarters for Baldwin-Felts...
- Lafayette House (Lafayette, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Lafayette House
- Exterior photograph of the Lafayette House located in Lafayette, Colorado. In 1900, the large two-story Lafayette House opened its doors for business, accepting both overnight guests and boarders. It also provided quarters for Baldwin-Felts...
- Lafayette House (Lafayette, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Lafayette Miners Museum
- Exterior photograph of the Lafayette Miners Museum, located in Lafayette, Colorado. Building was once one of the original miner's homes constructed in the 1890s at the Gladstone Mine near Lafayette, it was moved to its present site after the start...
- Mining--Colorado--Gladstone.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gladstone.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado-Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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- Lafayette Miners Museum
- Exterior photograph of the back of the Lafayette Miners Museum, located in Lafayette, Colorado. Building was once one of the original miner's homes constructed in the 1890s at the Gladstone Mine near Lafayette, it was moved to its present site...
- Mining--Colorado--Gladstone.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gladstone.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado-Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
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