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View of Eagle from an airplane taken on 10/23/1966. The H.W. Lewis General Store is the prominent building in the center of the photo. Previously run by their father, Tom Lewis, Harry and John Lewis took over the business until its closure in the 1970s
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An attempt at a photograph of a large group of children at the Methodist Church in Eagle, Colorado. The Chambers children are pictured, as well as Mary Jo Trezise at far left in a dress with a dark top and pigtails.
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Shirley Chambers and Ladonna Fair sit on the front porch of the Chambers Ranch home with a babydoll.
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Jessie Kelly holds her cat above the snow while Ladonna Fair tries to get Buster the dog to pose for a photo.
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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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Kay Carter and Ladonna Fair on a bike ride. Kay has a big basket on the front of her bike. The Chambers Ranch house is in the background, as well as Buster and another dog playing around too.
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Playtime on the Chambers Ranch. From left, Shirley, Ladonna, and Maxine are bundled up with long icicles in their hands.
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The Fair and Chambers children pile on top of the car. From left to right: Loren, Ladonna, Donald, Shirley, Donna Louise.
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Joseph Dewey Allen stands on the stairs to Eagle High School in Eagle, Colorado, wearing some sort of hat. A girl is also pictured on the left side of the photograph.
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Ladonna Fair poses for a picture in front of the family car at the Chambers Ranch in Eagle.
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Taken on 10/13/1968 Imogene Dice, wife of Cyrus, tending to his grave in Sunset View Cemetery. Cyrus died earlier that year in January 1968.
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Taken on 10/13/1968 Imogene Dice, wife of Cyrus, visiting his grave in Sunset View Cemetery. Cyrus died earlier that year in January 1968.
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Harry and Teresa in town. Brick building behind Harry is their store in the Lewis Building. Taken on 08/18/1969
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Alice Rose and Ross Chambers pose for a photograph with their children-- Maxine, Loren, Donald, and Shirley-- in front of a house.
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A view of Eagle from the south. The Chambers Barn, now the Eagle County Historical Society Museum, can be seen in midground at the left. Bridge over Eagle River in midground, near top of photograph. Houses, sheds, and barns line the street. This photograph would have been almost exactly where the current Interstate 70 interchange is located today.
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Ladonna is standing on the swing, looking casual with her hand in her pocket, while her stepsister Shirley is on the swing. The girls are in front a fence with a large field behind them.
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Jessie Fair on a swing at the Chambers Ranch.
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Kay Carter poses in front of a car. Clarence Fair is in the background to the left of Kay.
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"Threshing oats by a group that moved equipment from farm to farm near Eagle, Colo" - Alda Borah. Dated 1915.
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A photograph of the Eagle Valley Feed Mill in downtown Eagle. Edward A. Michael operated the mill between 1912 and 1920, when he sold to Andrew Christensen. Railroad tracks can be seen in the foreground, making this a good location for business and shipment. This photograph is sometime between 1917 and 1920 after the Michael family expanded their operations to stable and livery (the second building with a sign on top reads ""GARAGE LIVERY AND FEED...