George A. Pettibone photographs collection [graphic], circa 1895-1908.

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George A. Pettibone photographs collection [graphic], circa 1895-1908.

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Photographs of and relating to George A. Pettibone, an Idaho minor and leader of the Western Federation Miners (WFM)labor organization, who was implicated in the 1905 assassination of Idaho governor Frank Steunenberger, along with William Haywood and Charles Moyer of the WFM. The photographs were taken circa 1895-1908 and include images of Pettibone and his store in Denver, Colo., where the WFM operated during the late 1890s; Pettibone's wife; and portraits of Haywood and Moyer. Also include postcards collected and received by Pettibone.

0.04 cubic feet (15 photographs in 1 folder).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7002692

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Moyer, Charle, 1866-1929

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Pettibone, George A., d. 1908

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Western Federation of Miners

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The Western Federation of Miners, which in 1916 became the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, was from its founding in 1893 to its merger into the United Steelworkers of America in 1967 the major American union in the nonferrous metals industry. The WFM was involved in many of the important labor disputes during the turbulent period from 1893-1915, including the two Cripple Creek strikes, the Leadville strike of 1896, the Coeur d'Alene labor troubles, the Goldfield, Nevada s...

Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928

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