Captain Brown's Leadville Company and Company K. of the Deputy Army, sent to suppress the 1894 Cripple Creek Strike, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, near Gillett, Teller County, Colorado. The men stand and kneel, some shoulder rifles while others take aim. One man is on horseback. A hitched two wheel wagon and a cannon separate the two companies. Mine works stand in the distance.
Description
1 copy photonegative : nitrate ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 10 x 17 cm. (4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Subject
Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894; Gillett (Colo.); Cannons--Colorado--Gillett; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gillett; Militias--Colorado--Gillett; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Marshall Sprague.
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: ZZR700171928
Notes
Condition: small holes near edge of nitrate negative.; Etched on nitrate negative: "Deps Before Bull Hill 1893".; Formerly F-9014; Title from stamp in nitrate negative.; Written on back of print: "Cripple Creek Strike, 1894" "Deputy Army in Beaver Park near Gillett, June 1894. (on back.)" "(From Charles F. Gardiner Estate.)"; R7001719288
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