(Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
Date
[1904?]
Summary
The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles lie on the roof, a wall of the building has been broken down, and debris fills the exposed room. A sign reads "Independence" is on the building. Two women look in a broken window, two men lean against the building, and a group of men and women watch two workmen with shovels work near the train tracks.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 10 x 11 cm. (4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Subject
Independence (Teller County, Colo.); Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Luise Weiss, Holywood, Calif.
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: ZZR710009529
Notes
"(See Collier's June 25-1904 similar photograph.) p. 11."; Formerly F10058.; Photoprint is dirty and has paper fragments glued to back.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; Vintage photographic print.; R7100095292
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