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Front view of the Fleming Lumber & Merc. Co., Red Cliff, CO, showing front door and boardwalk. Date in lower right corner: 1/7/1926. R. E. "Eddie" Tippett on left in doorway; Malcolm McLeod on right in doorway. John Fleming on Tippett's right. The children are Blanche, Bernice and Richard Tippett.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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C.1910: Head of Lake Creek at the East Lake Mines. W. H. Wellington packed this company of doctors from Toledo, Ohio, in to the mines. The East Lake Milling and Mining Company was formed by doctors from Toledo, Ohio. The mine was worked several years, but very little ore was ever shippped. W. H. Wellington is at the extreme left of the group of 17 men, who have removed their hats for the photo. There is one horse visible on the left and two...
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Andrew Oleson, Gypsum, Colorado. Mr. Oleson is seated for a formal photograph, in suit with bowtie.
Born in Tornum, Nord-Schleswig, Denmark, October 22, 1864, Andrew attened German Trades schools, learning shoemaking. He joined his father in Colorado in 1883. Andrew worked in Red Cliff at first and then joined his family on the homestead in Gypsum Valley, the Sam Oleson Place. In 1902, he purchased the Shippey Place in Gypsum Valley which he owned...
6. Messersmiths
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14 men posed inside, each wearing a hat (derby, top hat, plantation, cowboy, etc.).
First row: Quirk, John, Jim
Second row: Methany, Duncan, Marquous (sp.?)
Third row: Wiseman, Jack Stremme, Chris Christensen, Ben Hadley, Ike (blacksmith), Dirty (F?), Hank, (?), MacDonald
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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).
11. William A. Jude
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Clarence Fair was a delivery man for the Chambers Dairy and Creamery. Here, Clarence is driving his delivery truck. The large white container in the back is a freezer to keep goods cold throughout the day. Each driver had a log book for deliveries: what they delivered, where it was delivered, and the customer's information.