View of the Independence train depot of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad company following an explosion that killed thirteen non-union miners in Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Remnants of the platform are scattered on the ground. Windows in the building are broken. The structure was damaged during the 1903-1904 Cripple Creek strike called by the Western Federation of Miners.
Accession number: 89.451.4748; History Colorado.; Condition: torn, marked.; Formerly F22315; Handwritten on envelope: "C-Military-Strikes-Cripple Creek-1903-04."; Title printed on original negative and reproduced in print.; R7200046074
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 12 x 19 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board.
Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Explosions--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Miners' strike--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
