Coal miners, a boy, a teenager, and a young girl stand and eat slices of bread near the remnants of the tent colony destroyed in the Ludlow Massacre during the U.M.W. strike against C.F. & I. in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wood, pieces of canvas, boxes, metal tubs and rubble cover the ground. A suitcase is near the children. The men wear hats, some wear overcoats, the children wear hats and coats.
Description
1 photographic print (postcard) : albumen ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Subject
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes; Ludlow (Colo.); Children--Colorado--Ludlow; Coal miners--Colorado--Ludlow; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Ludlow; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow
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: ZZR711004952
Notes
Number "165" inked on original and reproduced in photographic print.; Penciled on back of postcard: "Big George" and [?].; Title supplied.; R7110049528
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