Document Type
Image
Preview
![image preview](https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_african_american_history/1083/preview.jpg)
Creation Date
1890
Description
Guns were used by the original Roslyn Black settlers and miners for protection against the striking miners , who were known to use violence at times. The man on the left is pictured wearing a gun belt and holding a rifle. Photograph was taken circa 1890.
Recommended Citation
"African American Mining Family, Roslyn, Washington" (1890). Roslyn African American History Photographs. 84.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_african_american_history/84
Approximate Date
circa 1890
Spatial Coverage (for ex: Ellensburg, WA)
Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Format
image/jpg
Keywords
African-American, Roslyn, Washington, Kittitas County (Wash.) - History, Labor disputes, Mining, Strikes, Coal mines
Comments
Scanned photographic print March 2001, DPI- 300, JPEG, with a Microtek Scanmaker 6400 XL.