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Rock Springs Massacre of Chinese Miners, Wyoming,1885

The massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming, September 2nd, 1885. The print shows Chinese immigrant coal miners working for Union Pacific Coal Company fleeing from armed white miners who blamed the Chinese miners for taking their jobs. Harper's Weekly, September 26, 1885. Drawn by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) from photographs by Lieutenant C.A. Booth, Seventh United States Infantry. Wood engraving.

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Rock Springs Massacre of Chinese Miners, Wyoming,1885

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The massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming, September 2nd, 1885. The print shows Chinese immigrant coal miners working for Union Pacific Coal Company fleeing from armed white miners who blamed the Chinese miners for taking their jobs. Harper's Weekly, September 26, 1885. Drawn by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) from photographs by Lieutenant C.A. Booth, Seventh United States Infantry. Wood engraving.

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Album / Science Source / Library of Congress

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6591 x 4431 px | 83.6 MB

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55.8 x 37.5 cm | 22.0 x 14.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1880S • 1885 • 19TH CENTURY • AMERICA • AMERICAN WEST • ANTI-IMMIGRANT VIOLENCE • ART • BW • CHINESE AMERICAN • CHINESE MINER • CHINESE • COAL MINER • CONFLICT • ENGRAVING • GUEST WORKER (FEMALE) • HARPER'S WEEKLY • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • IMMIGRANT (MALE) = IMMIGRANTS • IMMIGRANT (MALE) • IMMIGRANT • IMMIGRANTS (MALE) • MAN • MASSACRE • MEN • MINER • PERSON • RACISM • RIOT • ROCK SPRINGS MASSACRE • ROCK SPRINGS RIOT • UPROAR • USA • VIOLENCE • VIOLENCIA • VIOLENT • WHITE • WYOMING • XENOPHOBIA