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Gilman, Colorado, on Christmas morning 1938, taken from the Knight family's front door. Stacks of mine timbers are visible at right foreground and left midfield.
Verso: "view from our front door on Xmas AM, Gilman 1938"
2) Christmas
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Mrs. Soares is in the white sweater bending down and Annabelle is near the mantle. It appears to be Christmas time, with a tree and many presents scattered on the floor.
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Ronnie and Evelyn unwrap Christmas presents. There is a Christmas tree with tinsel behind Evelyn with many toys scattered on the floor. The adults have all of the necessary coffee and tea on the table.
4) Ambos home
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The Ambos home at 226 Hill Street in Steamboat Springs, Colorado during Christmas 1946.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Emma Nagel, whose family came to the Highpoint area north of Fruita in 1894, talks about agricultural life on her family’s homestead, about badgers, wolves, and wildlife they encountered, and about the Highpoint community’s Christmas celebrations. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Gertrude Rader talks about the profession and lives of teachers, who were primarily women, in Western Colorado during the early Twentieth century. She discusses how, in small communities, women were expected to be much more than teachers including: Doctors’ assistants in a pinch, de facto members of the families that they boarded with in cases of illness or maternity, and moral pillars of the community. She includes many anecdotes from her own teaching...
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Al Look talks about doing publicity for The Daily Sentinel and about organizing events, such as a local basketball tournament, for the newspaper. He also talks about his role in creating both the Soup Eaters, an organization that provided charity to local children, and the Grand Junction Cancer Society. He details his experience selling advertising for newspapers, and his techniques for selling advertising. He talks about his wife, Margaret (Langen)...
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Lynn Swartz (Presentily known as Lynn Rae Lowe) describes the annual Christmas Bazaar in Telluride, Colorado, in 1978. Stephanie Shandera is the interviewer.
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Winifred Bull recalls the childhood of her father, Dr. Herman Bull Sr., and his life as one of the original doctors in Mesa County, Colorado. She talks about the prevalence of Typhoid fever and waterborne illnesses in Grand Junction, known among doctors as “Belly Ache Flats” before the advent of modern water treatment facilities. She discusses her father’s medical practice, his love of horse racing, and how he rode his horses to house calls....
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Printed under the image: When the country to the North and East were having a blizzard, here they were holding their festivities in the open in this wonderful Valley.; Printed above the image: San Luis Valley, Southern Colorado
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. Authors of the plays used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play Christmas Memories,...
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A winter postcard scene of Vail's iconic Covered Bridge and Clock Tower. From the verso, "Vail's Clock Tower and Covered Bridge at Christmas Time."
Peter Runyon Photography, Box 1441, Vail, Colorado 81657; The Continental card, Mike Roberts Color Productions, Berkeley, CA 94710; B6297
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Anna E. Craig discusses her upbringing in Mesa, Colorado, including her social experiences, her father’s life as one of the few doctors in the area, the Mesa County Fair, her holiday rituals, methods of preserving food, and what it was like to own a hotel in Mesa. She also talks about an instance in the 1890’s when hundreds of sheep were driven over a cliff by cattle ranchers on the Grand Mesa, and other strife between cattle and sheep ranchers....
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Emma Nagel talks in detail about Christmas programs held at the Highpoint School near Fruita, Colorado and about Christmas traditions at home when she was a child. She also discusses her busy life as a homemaker, with information on butchering animals, grinding wheat and making bread, sewing and caring for clothes, caring for chickens and milking the cow. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa...
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A KOTO Radio show, from Telluride, Colorado, called Straight Talk: The Ultimate Comprehensive Town of Telluride Christmas List. Terry Tice takes phoned-in and other recorded recommendations about what items should be on the town of Telluride's christmas list. Aired December 22, 1988, recording is about 36 minutes long.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical...
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The Johnson siblings with their cousins in December of 1955.
From left to right: Jeb Burford, Steve Johnson, Greg Cunningham, Sally Johnson, Sam Johnson, Carolyn Cunningham, Kelley ?, and Bill Johnson.
17) Johnson siblings
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Sally, Sam, Steve, and Bill Johnson sit in front of the family Christmas tree in December of 1955.
18) Sally Johnson
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Sally Johnson stands in front of a Christmas tree in December of 1953.
19) Johnson siblings
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Sam, Bill, Steve, and Sally Johnson sit in front of the family Christmas tree in December of 1952.
20) Johnson siblings
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Steve, Bill, Sam, and Sally Johnson sit in front of the family Christmas tree in December of 1954.
