A farrier in a Colorado National Guard hat, shoes a horse in the Cripple Creek mining district probably in "Camp Goldfield" in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The farrier files the horse's hoof. National Guard soldiers, some in uniform, stand nearby and hold blacksmith tools: nippers, hammers, tongs and a horseshoe. Horses are tied to a hitching post. Shows tents and mine buildings on a hillside in the distance.
Accession number: H.819.1; Attribution and "No. 40" inked on original and partly reproduced in photographic print.; History Colorado.; Condition: faded, spots, silvering.; Mounted on verso of album page CHS.X9308; Photographic prints are included in: Col. Edward Verdeckberg album.; Title supplied.; R7200093071
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 16 x 25 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
