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 coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the time of the United Mine Worker's strike against Colorado Fuel & Iron.
Description
1 photographic print ; 11 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
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' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920; Holbrook, Willard A; United States. Army. Cavalry, 11th.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Ed Doyle.
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Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710060578
Notes
Title and "Major (later Major General) Willard A. Holbrook: first senior officer sent to coal strike zone, dealt directly with miners and Governor Ammons." hand-written on back of print.; R7100605788
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