Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, including Sergeant John Davis, pose near an M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun on a tripod on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. A nearby wooden crate reads: "1200 Ball Cartr[idges] .30 Model 1906 For Mo[?] Rifle C. P Dupont Pyro Celluion [?] der, Lot No. 246 of 1910 Muzzle Veloc[ity] [pe]r second U. S. Cartridge [M]assachusetts".
Description
1 copy negative : film ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--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; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Militia--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Rifles--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Davis, John, Sergeant.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710060543
Notes
Formerly F29135.; Photographer's stamp on back of print.; Title hand-written on back of print.; Identification of gun provided by customer.; R7100605437
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