Site of Seeberville Shootings

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Title: Site of Seeberville Shootings
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Labor Movements, Human Settlements - Cities and Towns - Company Towns, Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining
Condition: Good
Description: The Seeberville home where two strikers were killed and two wounded by deputies August 14, 1913 [Exterior photograph of house with group of men, women and children standing.]
Source of Description: Writing on image [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Louis Koepel
Date of Photo: August 1913
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 8.5 cm x 13.6 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: Acc-400-12-13-1988-001-011-002
Collection Name: Acc. 400 (12-13-1988)
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Handwritten comment on back of print (unknown author): The deputies were attacked by strikers, when making arrests & they shot up the house killing two strikers. The deputies were convicted & are now serving terms of imprisonment at Marquette.""
2/8/2006 7:25:53 PM by Erik Nordberg, MTU Archivist