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Doris (future Mrs. W. R. Robertson) feeding orphaned deer just west of the old Emmett Nottingham house. Beaver Creek is to the left. Old barn in background in photograph 1986.001.153. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mr. and Mrs. John Rodgers and daughter, Mary, at Avon. The family is standing in front of an automobile. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of the Offerson house and porch. Dated Sept. 28, 1928. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Formerly Dan Koprinikar's home in Edwards, suspected to be the pre-1898 residence of the John Howard family. Woman and girl in front of house may be Mrs. Howard and Ethel. Bicycle on porch. Hay stacks in background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Items found in Howard/Offerson attic, displayed for accessioning. From back to front, left to right: Small American flag between two rolls of wall paper Umbrella, letter, dressmaker's form, Harper's Weekly Document Ladies' Home Journal, Eagle County Times, Ladies' Home Journal, photo of a young boy The Golden Eagle, penmanship book, The Household Used on p. 57 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton. [Title supplied...
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Beulah, Elmer (brother), Marie Cole, left to right, in a studio portrait. The girls, dressed alike, are standing on either side of their younger brother with their hands on his shoulders. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A group of visiting mothers, preschoolers, and a few students, standing on the porch of the Avon School. Carol Nottingham (future Whitney) is standing at the far left. Marie Nottingham is standing just behind the tallest boy. Hilma Gustafson (?) stands at far right. Playground equipment is visible in right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bob, Edward and Mike Nottingham, sons of Willie and Willis Nottingham. The boys are standing in the yard of their home at the bottom of Beaver Creek (the old Offerson Ranch). They are dressed up in matching suits. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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An unidentified boy wearing dress shirt and tie is standing in front of a fenced yard. A building/house is visible in the background as are clothes drying on a line. Leaves are down so may be fall [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Charles, Chet, John and William (father) Eaton (left to right) at McCoy Creek Ranch. Each Eaton is holding the reins of a horse and is standing in front of a log barn. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Earlene Bivans riding a mule. Photo postcard postmarked Avon, Colorado June 1907. Inscription: "Earlene has taken to riding broncos for pastime. Effa" [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Willis Nottingham with sons, Bob and Mike, standing in sheep paddock with sheep. Used on p. 68 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Austin Offerson and a "Dude" from Pennsylvania, mounted on horses. They are standing on a dirt road next to the fenced yard at the Offerson place. There appears to be a chicken in the lower right foreground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Avon, looking north-northeast with the Avon Store and Offerson place in midground. The "Gyp Cliffs" to the right and Buck Creek in the top background. Photo taken from Beaver Creek's Strawberry Park. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Uncle Frank Montgomery and William (father) Eaton on McCoy Creek Ranch. The men are standing in front of a huge haystack with other haystacks visible. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Avon School after the addition. The front was extended and the belfry was added. The addition to the back has not yet been done which dates the photo as 1920-21. A group of students is seated at the side of the building. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Five children lined up by the fence in front of the Avon School. Snow is on the ground. One boy holds a sled, another a pair of skis. Addition to the school is visible. Used on p. 54 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by June Simonton. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of the old Avon Bridge looking south toward Beaver Creek. The Avon "gyp cliffs" are a prominent landmark. This is the second bridge to span the Eagle River at Avon, built around 1923. Inscription: "Avon bridge." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Formal portrait of Gulling Offerson (second from left in back), and wife, Olive, taken with Olive's family. Isaac and Sarah Porter are the older couple; Isaac is holding baby Austin Offerson. George Porter is at the far right; the woman standing next to him may be Lauretta Porter.* The picture was taken in Seattle, Washington. *Information supplied by Bill Christensen, great-nephew of Gulling Offerson, June 2009 [Title supplied from catalog prepared...
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Original Avon School before addition, taken prior to 1915. The horse barn has not been built. Fence surrounding school yard visible. Shows the Eagle River on right with "water spruce" hanging over the river and Johnson Lane (named for homesteader Joe Johnson) that was the road into Bachelor Gulch. The road eventually became Highway 6, located about 300 yards west of the current Avon Road. View is to the west. This picture was hanging on the...