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Man and girl standing on the boardwalk under the roof overhang of the Owens Store (the original Avon Store) in Avon, Colorado. Advertising signs: "Hills Bros. Coffee," chocolates, visible. Screen door is open; front door closed. Could be either snowing or raining. The store was located 100 feet west of the Avon Road on the north side of Highway 6. It was relocated and restored to the Eagle museum center in 1996. Date is noted as Oct. 15, 1928. [Title...
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John Kavanaugh and Blanche Wyatt [Kavanaugh] (sitting on fender) with two girls; all are posed in front of a vehicle. In the background is an IGA store in Minturn, Colorado. A Coca Cola sign is visible on the building. A gasoline pump is in the left background.
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John E. Kavanaugh, 10 or 12 years old, standing between two men in a store, possibly in Minturn. John was born in Salida, Colorado, December 6, 1910. His parents were Henry O. Anderson and Hilma Lindgren Anderson. His name was later changed from Anderson to Kavanaugh when he was adopted by his mother's second husband, William "Billy" Kavanaugh, an engineer on the D&RG Railroad. Many products are visible, such as bananas hanging in the center...
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Wagon loading/unloading goods in front of the Minturn Store. Several children, women and men are on the boardwalk in front of the store. Tent with sign ("Photographs") in between the store and the house on the right. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Mayor of Copper Spur, three women, two girls and a man standing in front of a gas pump at the post office/store. Signs on building. Appears to be a warm time of year. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Minturn Mercantile Company in 1957. Automobile parked in front of the store.
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From left, Tom Dice, Andrew Christensen, John Love, and Ed Glenn in front of the E. E. Glenn Store, at the corner of 2nd and Broadway, Eagle, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Frank Van Vleck Burbank standing in the Burbank Grocery Co. store about 1912 (later the Riepenhoff Store). Mr. Burbank came to Red Cliff in 1898 and married Lillian Horton Colburn.
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Lundgren's Warehouse was built by Adolph Lundgren and George Beale as part of the Lundgren Store. In addition to groceries and merchandise, Lundren and Beale ran a lumberyard and sold hardware. The warehouse building later burned down.
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The interior of Stremme's Store with Theodore Stremme leaning on a counter. A "Welcome" banner is hanging from light fixtures. Merchandise cases are along both side walls. Stove is at the back center.
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The back of Ralph Henderson's Variety Store on Eagle Street, advertising his used car dealership. The building was later owned by Barbara and Demetrio Fresquez in which they operated a tortilla factory.
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Johnny Martinez' liquor store on Eagle Street, Red Cliff.
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The Gypsum Valley Grocery on Railroad Avenue was the original Lundgren Store. Adolph Lundgren immigrated from Sweden in 1907 and started the store in 1912. After Adloph died in 1916, wife Anna and daughter Minnie Lundgren continued the store. In 1920, George Beale became a partner and the name changed to "Beale and Lundgren." In 1930, Beale left and it was operated by Minnie and her brother Elmer.