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One of two watches, possibly made in Denmark in the late 1800s, for the Doll brothers of Gypsum. The watch was passed down from John [Kennedy] Doll, adopted son of Charles Hiram Doll, to John C. Doll, who later changed his name to John C. Gregg, after his stepfather.
The watch has a quarter hand for timing splits (horse racing).
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Machinery at the Brett ranch house, mouth of Lake Creek, Edwards. [caption: "Washing machine ?"]
[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.
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5) Barber chair
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Antique Red Cliff barber chair used outside a trailer in Red Cliff. Photo on left was taken in July 2005. Although the seat cushion is missing, the rest of the chair still shows its original paint and the vertical cushions are in good condition.
The photo on the right shows the chair on October 13, 2007, after having been left out in the weather for two years. The cushions show deterioration, the paint is almost gone, and the footrest has disappeared...
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Fruit cake made by Ruth Jackson, Minturn, for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 56th birthday, January 30, 1938.
From the Eagle Valley Enterprise, Jan. 28, 1938: Huge Birthday Cake Sent Prest. Roosevelt: Mrs. Ruth Jackson makes a beautiful greeting for president--nearly one month in constructing a wonderful piece of the culinary art for the occasion "A beautiful token of the regard in which Eagle county people hold their president, Franklin D....
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Ruth Jackson and the fruit cake made for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 56th birthday, January 30, 1938. Five people in the photograph, unidentified.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
