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1) Doug Hughes
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Doug Hughes hoeing lettuce on Squaw Creek, circa 1928.
"Melba Yandell Hughes and her family came to Squaw Creek because of the lettuce. Melba had been married when her family lived in Oklahoma, and had lost her husband after their son, doug, was born. Eldest of eight children, Melba moved back home so her son could enjoy family life and the attention of all those brothers and sisters--actually, his uncles and aunts. The youngest of them, Maybelle,...
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Workers digging and sacking potatoes in the field. Two horses with potato boxes are at the right with field workers sacking from the boxes. A horse team is at the left, possibly digging potatoes.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Everett Howard's mother-in-law and his sister, Virgie, standing in front of a building. A crate of some sort is visible. The women are dressed for fieldwork, wearing overalls, hats, boots and gloves.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Duane in the potato patch" (caption from photo album). Duane Larsen stands in the potato patch holding a hoe. He is wearing bib overalls and a long shirt with mountains and trees in the backgound.
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Melissa Larsen holds a coyote caught in a trap. Melissa is dressed for winter in a hat, coat, and gloves, and there is snow and trees in the background.
6) Duane Larsen
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Duane Larsen stands on a porch dressed in a wide brim hat, chaps, and bandana. There is a house and trees in the background.
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"Home" on Brush Creek. The house stands in trees with a fenceline and gate in front. A gravel road is on the left.
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Two calves in the field on Brush Creek. There is a fenceline in the foreground of the photo.
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Two work horses, Dick & King, are moving a hay derrick by a hired man. He is standing on the platform of the derrick holding the reins of the horses. There are trees in the background.
10) Stacking Hay
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"Stacker Horse" (caption from photo album)
A white horse stands hooked to the hay derrick ready for work. There are two men to the far left of the photo. One appears to be loading hay onto the derrick.
11) Stacking Hay
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"Stacking Hay" (caption from photo album)
A hay derrick is used to stack hay. There is a horse (?) in the foreground.
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Mary Jo, Hans, Bobby, & Hester all pose with an elk on a tractor trailer. There is other farm equipment and buildings in the background.
13) Bobby & Mary Jo
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Bobby & Mary Jo Trezise stand beside the day's hunt, a large elk, on a trailer. The trailer is hooked to a tractor and there are barns and other farm equipment in the background.
14) Digging Potatoes
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Hans Larsen can be seen in the background with the horses, wagon, and equipment to dig potatoes. Gladys and Teddy are pictured in the foreground (names from photograph). Teddy appears to be sitting on a full sack of potatoes and there are others scattered throughout the photograph.
15) Alice Vernon
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Walter Randall and George Figgins stand togther in similar dress, hats, work floves, and strained expression. There are a fence, a trough(?), buildings, and mountains in the background.
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Duane and Baby Bobby Trezise on a horse. There is farm equipment in the foreground and background; a large woodpile is also in the background.
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"Daddy, Jack, & 8 Ducks" (caption from photo album)
Hans Larsen stands with the family dog, Jack, with a gun and a pipe in his mouth. Larsen fashioned his own belt for carrying ducks while hunting and has 8 around his waist. There is a milk can in the background with the fenceline and a building.
19) Hans Larsen
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Hans Larsen in a jacket and hat on the farm. The date on the photo is "Dec. 1958". There are buildings and farm equipment in the background.
20) "Some Woodpile!"
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"Some Woodpile!" (caption from photo album)
Duane and Hans stand in front of their large woodpile Hans is holding the axe and Duane is leaning against a pole. There is farm equipment directly to the right of Hans and trees in the background.
