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Group photo at the Lea home in Gypsum, Colorado. From left to right: Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, Evelyn Marguerite Lea, Evelyn Urdine, Evelyn Carol (daughter of Evelyn Urdine)
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Evelyn Urdine Douthit sits with the dog, Spot, in the mail cart that her grandfather, George Washington Messermith, would use to pick up mail from the Gypsum Post Office. The photo was dated 1926.
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Jessie Fair, soon Chambers, stands to the right of the Chambers Ranch house. The Chambers Ranch once had a large dairy and delivered throughout the area. The house has a large front porch and is lined with trees in front. The Chambers Barn is now the Eagle County Historical Society Museum and once stood where the current Interstate 70 interchange is today.
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From left to right: Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, father George Washington Messersmith, and Andrew Elias (Andy) Messersmith.
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William Henry Lea stands outside his home in Gypsum, Colorado. His son, William Oscar (Willie), is peeking through the window on the right side of the photograph.
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George Washington Messersmith sits on a small porch with his granddaughters, Mary Ellen (left) and Evelyn Urdine Douthit (right). The photo was taken around 1930 in front of Urdine Bell & William Henry Lea's home in Gypsum, Colorado (George Washington's daughter and son-in-law). The log cabin in the picture was also on the property and once was home to William Lea's mother, Johanna Harrison Lea, and his sister, Ada Lea (Sprague).
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Mrs. Morgan standing in front of house at 3rd St. and Broadway, Eagle, Colorado [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Clarence and Jessie Fair listen to someone off camera. The couple stands in snow and Jessie is holding her purse.
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Moving pigs on the ranch. The photo may have been taken on the Gerard ranch in Eagle, Colorado.
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From left to right: Jane Bemis, Melissa Larsen, and Elaine. The girls are posing on top of straw bales. On the far left, there is another child and a dog trying to get to the top as well.
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From left to right: Elaine, Melissa Larsen, Neola (?), and Jane Bemis.
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"Ruby Damon Head & Delores Head" (caption from photo) The women pose together in front of a house and a tree.
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"Aunt Dora Damon Smith and Uncle Harry Smith" (caption from photo) Dora & Harry stand with a car parked in front of a home. Another person can be seen in the front yard behind Dora & Harry.
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Duane and Hester Larsen stand on a porch. Hester is wearing a long coat with a fur trim; Duane is wearing a newsboy cap and buttondown jacket. There is a house with a window in the background with trees and mountains.
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Mrs. Mary Bemis.
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Duane Larsen poses with a dog. There is a house in the background.
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"Aunt Orpha Figgins" is marked with the "X". Name from photo description in album. No other information provided.
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Evelyn, Ronnie, & Joel Gilmore.
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The wedding party of the Figgins' wedding re-enactment as part of Frank & Birdie Figgins' 50th wedding anniversary celebration. From left to right: George Figgins, Frank Figgins, Birdie Figgins, Sadie Macdonell, and Hans Larsen. Alan Meader, in the front, is holding a pillow as ringbearer.
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Hans Larsen walks Birdie Figgins down the aisle at the Figgins' 50th wedding anniversary celebration. Hans 'gave Birdie away' at a re-enactment of their wedding during the celebration.