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This photo of Ruth and Charles Romeo was taken in about 1919 next to the house: <br />The family was photographed in a car along the side of the house, next to Pine, not long <br />before they moved to Denver in 1919: <br />Tony Romeo worked as a miner and eventually became very active in the miners' union. <br />During the early 1910s when mine strikes were happening in different states, he even <br />travelled on behalf of the union to document miners of various ethnicities being <br />cheated out of their rightful pay. According to his son, he spoke several languages, and <br />this ability no doubt was a help in this effort. The following two photos show him during <br />his travels for the union. In this postcard photo, he is shown, second from left, urging <br />miners not to be strikebreakers. <br />7 <br />