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Studio portrait of Blanche Gay (later married Victor Dump), Red Cliff, Colorado. On the back of the photo: "Blanche Gay, sixteen years old, eighth grade graduation in 1906." [born Feb. 10, 1890] There has been some discussion (with no definitive answer) of this photograph given that another source says it is a wedding portrait. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Formal portrait of Benarda Tague Meehan, daughter of Lydia B. and Patrick Tague and wife of William J. Meehan, attorney. She is wearing a light-colored dress and a double-strand necklace. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ollie and Ed Bailey are seated at a table in the Bailey Ranch house at Burns, Colorado. There is a meal on the table. Ollie Lucy Baker is Ed's first wife. (Ed was the son of John Walker Bailey.) Ed and Ollie had a son, Harold, and a daughter, Lois. Ed divorced Ollie and remarried.
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The Ivan Dump family seated around the dining room table for dinner in the early 1950s. The wallpaper and metal kitchen cabinets in the background are appropriate to the era. From front left, going around the table to the right: Ed Dump, Ernie Dump, Ralf Marfitano, Ivan Dump, Joy Marfitano Dump, Stella Marfitano, Len Dump and Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry).
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Lucile Cowden Lieber, wearing a dark dress. She has an elaborate comb in her hair. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mine Safety Meeting ("Fundamentals of Accident Prevention for Supervisors") at the Gilman Mine. Participants are standing and seated around a table with a table sign: "United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines." Other signs visible say, "Think," and "Attitude." Pictured, (l-r, standing) Bureau of Mines instructor, Vernon Andrews, Darrell Barnes, Bernard Schlegel, Jack Johnson, Harold Stienmier, Thomas Jeffries, (safety manager)...
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Grand Junction MSC Dispatch Nov./Dec. 1984 p.8: "While the United States Postal Service held a ceremony to introduce the McGruff stamp at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., on September 26, 1984, Eagle County had its own ceremony. Eight postmasters and Sheriff A. J. Johnson gathered in Edwards for the celebration along with their special guest, McGruff. It was a good day for promoting awareness of crime...
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Ten members of Tri Alpha in an initiation photo. Standing: Lottie Warren, Janice Keating, Frances Maloit, Babe Elliott, Rosella Burbank Seated: Tom Garnett, Bobby Perry, Shirley Erlandson, Quinn Beck, Ella Warren
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"Charles Walker's home, Mining surveyor for us many times in Colo" - from Alfred Borah. The photo also points out a pack sack, bottom left corner, that is sitting on a stove. A table is at the foreground with many things sitting on it. A wall covered in newspapers or photographs and a small bed/cot below.
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Studio wedding portrait of Blanche Ethel Gay and Victor Willis Dump, March 1, 1911. Mr. Dump is seated in a wicker chair. He wears a three-piece suit and necktie. Mrs. Dump is standing to his left with one arm on the chair. She wears a coat with fur trim, large hat, and is carrying a fur muff.
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Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Albertson, Burns, Colorado. Married Nov. 11, 1903, in Burns. Ella McMillan Albertson was born in 1883, Guthrie, Iowa; died May 3, 1969 (86 yrs.). Charles F. Albertson was born in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Jan. 27, 1873; died Sept. 1953. Charles is seated in a chair, legs crossed, with Ella standing at his right, holding a handkerchief in her hands. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle...
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Governor Teller Ammons and his wife, Esther (Davis) Ammons, on the occasion of his 42nd birthday, December 3, 1938. They stand on either side of a 5-tiered cake decorated with the state capitol building on top. and Colorado flora on the sides. The lettering on the cake reads: "Wishing our son of Colorado a very happy birthday December 3, 1938. Events come and go in lives of all mortal men, be whatever their hearth, clan or kin. But when a life...
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Wedding picture of Mattie Yost and Bill Randall, Feb. 4, 1906. They were married in Eagle, Colorado. Mattie: b. Aug. 11, 1889; Bill (W.J.) b. Sept. 24, 1879. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.] Article from February 4, 1974: "Randalls observe 68th anniversary" Mr. and Mrs. William Randall of Gypsum recently observed their 68th wedding anniversary. The Randalls, who reside at Gypsum, have lived...
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1890s: Family portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Chatfield (Hubert and Laura) and two of their children. Mr. Chatfield in seated on a chair with Mrs. Chatfield standing next to him. In front of her is their daughter, Pearl Mabel Chatfield, seated on a stool. Ray Edward Chatfield is standing to Mr. Chatfield's right.