I was quite startled by these and related images from 1917 because they show a lot of men being rounded up for removal in box cars in the hot dessert sun. It turns out that this was the Bisbee Deportation of IWW strikers in 1917. Some 1,300 people were kidnapped and put on a train in the summer heat by a 2,200-man posse. The action, ordered by Phelps Dodge, was illegal but supposedly not covered by federal law, only state law, and the state never prosecuted. In fact, one photographer, Dix, saw a money-making opportunity in the forcible removal of workers from Arizona to New Mexico. The Library of Congress holds the first, darker image below as a photo print, whereas it has the other three lighter images by the same photographer as postcards, suggesting the existence of at least a local market for souvenirs.

Very long lime of men being marched from one town to the next in order to reach the railroad.

“Marching From Lowell [Ariz.], Deportation of I.W.W.s, July 12, 1917."

another view of thatblong line of men

“July 12, 1917, Deportation of I.W.W.s, Marching Down R.R. Track from Bisbee."

masses of men with cars at the ballpark, mainly civilians

“Deportation of I.W.W.s, July 12, 1917, Guards around Ballpark at Warren."

crowd of men gathered before the train of boxcars

“Deportation of I.W.W.s, July 12, 1917, Marching Men to Train from Warren Ballpark."