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4. Imogene Dice
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Studio portrait of Cora B. Wise Mayer, 16 years old, standing with her left hand on a prop. Mother of Chester lloyd Mayer, long-time Eagle resident. She was born Cora Wise on February 17, 1870, in Neosho, Missouri. She married William Perry Mayer in 1886; died July 25, 1955. She is buried in the Eagle cemetery.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A portrait photograph of (Georgia) Maude Mitchell, taken at the Mountain View Nursing Home in Glenwood in December 1974 when Maude was 90. Maude was a committed gardener.
From her obituary Eagle Valley Enterprise, June 14, 1979: "She was born May 12, 1884 at Rockwood, Tenn., and had lived in Stillwell, Okla. She moved to Denver in 1905 and had been a resident of Eagle County since 1910. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Rebekahs, and was...
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Fannie Jane Powers, age 87, taken on June 4, 1944. Fannie died on March 27, 1945, in Eagle.
She was born Fannie Jane Brock in Excello, Mo., on Nov. 29, 1856, residing for 65 years of her life in Eagle county, most of that time near Wolcott. She was married to John Ridgeway with whom she had seven children, all of whom preceded her in death. John died and, in 1923, she married Charles Powers. who died in 1930. She is buried in Sunset View Cemetery....
10. Ladies in garden
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"This group of women and their husbands were pioneers of Eagle. From left to right are Cora Mayer, whose husband, William, ran the Mayer Ranch (now the Eagle Ranch subdivision); Rosetta Nogal (wife of Charley); Alice Bacon (a local historian); Mrs. Hockett; and Caroline Thoborg. Women's organizations such as the Eagle Garden Club were instrumental in community improvement projects." Early Eagle, by Kathy Heicher p.101
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Evelyn and Virginia Buchholz, daughters of Lee Buchholz, Eagle Colorado. They are standing outside, holding hands, dressed in evening attire. Lee was brother to John and Jim, Uncle of Nick. Nick's wife, Jeanette, became Superintendent of Schools for Eagle County during the 1940's and '50's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12. Mrs. Morgan
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Ida Oyler Herwick, wife of Josiah Herwick. She became a member of Pacific Circle, Women of Woodcraft, Circle No. 132 at Eagle, Colorado, on Dec. 16, 1898. She died at Grand Valley, Colorado (now Battlement Mesa, Colorado, on March 8, 1919. -- Carol Crawford McManus, from "Ida, her Labor of Love," 1999.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
15. Mrs. Harris
17. Selma Kempf
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Photo portrait of Selma Kempf, wife of Oscar J. Kempf, who owned uranium mining claims at "Lady Belle Mine." She lived in Eagle, Colorado, in a house owned by her son-in-law, William Luby, and daughter Bessie. She is wearing a silk blouse with rows of beading over a camisole with a brooch.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Ladies' Aid Group on steps of Eagle Methodist Church, 1921." [Description & names from photograph verso]
Pictured: Mrs. Keupf, Mrs. Honnold, Harrietta Schliff, Mrs. Schliff, Mrs. Bers, Mrs. Gleason, Mrs. Wiggle, Mrs. Baer, Mrs. Joe Green, Mrs. Cowden, Mrs. Laughlin, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Whaley, Mrs. Mayer, Mrs. Dr. Greene, Mrs. Nogal, Mrs. Goodrich. Children in front: "2 Brown boys & others"