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"Photographer Leonard Ping (middle) prepares to snap photographs of deer browing in town. Leonard, who took many of the photographs that appear in this book, is standing on the porch of the Ping Hotel on Capitol Street." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle p.124
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William Henry Jackson, reading. The photo was taken about thirty years after his activities in Eagle County.
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Mount of the Holy Cross in the background with the plaque marking the boulder where William H. Jackson photographed his son, Clarence, and George Beam in 1893. That famous photo is part of the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library [DPL WHJ-10213]. The plaque reads: "Clarence Jackson was photographed on this boulder in 1893 by his father WILLIAM H. JACKSON, who took the very first picture of the cross on August 23, 1873. This...
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The Huey helicopter, with skis on skids, used by Mayo Lanning to take aerial photos of Gilman, Colorado. The flight took place on February 3, 1998.
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Eddy Belding and Eldon Wilson with model airplane. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Pa Pa stacking hay on the Sproule place (Brush Creek). Granny in front taking a picture." Hans Larsen Caption taken from photograph.
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Duane and Melissa Larsen sitting in a field of grass. They are both wearing dresses, while Melissa has a large bow on her head. There are wood poles, trees, and grass in the background.
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"Ruth Ora Potts / C.T.C. '29" (caption from photo album) A portrait of Ruth Ora Potts from the Colorado Teachers' College, Greeley, Colorado, in 1929. Note: Many photographs of friends from C.T.C. were included in Melissa Larsen's photo album.
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Senior Play, 1929, Eagle High School, Eagle, Colorado. From left to right: Eugene Grant(?), Jane Bemis, Robert Brown (?), ____, Melissa Larsen, Willie Johnston, John Lewis, Grace Edge, ____(blurry). Back row, left to right: Franklin Krebs, Iola Baer
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A portrait of Pearl Tuttle from Colorado Teachers' College.
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Portrait of Jane Bemis in a cloche hat and fur from Colorado Teachers' College.
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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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Caption on back "Robert Carr family" Robert Carr is seated in the center with a child on his lap.
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"Duane from Raymon / was taken one day this winter at school" (caption from back of photo) A school picture to Duane Larsen from Raymon Giles. Note: "Raymon"/"Raymond" have been used equally as different spellings of his name.
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Velma & Duane pose with their wedding cake on the big day.

17. Melissa

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Melissa Larsen
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In back, from left to right: Hester Larsen, Melissa Larsen, Mrs. Giles, & Mrs. Berger. The two boys are standing in front, Raymond Giles and Duane Larsen. They are standing together on a dirt road or path with trees in the background.
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Professional portrait of (from left) Kenneth Gerard, Stanley McHatton, and Oscar Anderson in Denver, Colorado, dated 1917.
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Melissa Larsen and Jane Bemis at Eagle High School in 1928. Jane is also referred to as "Jennie" in Eagle High School yearbooks.