Doll Brothers and Condon Ranch, Gypsum
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Hunting party on the Flat Tops near Trappers Lake. A mounted hunter, possibly Jake Borah, is standing by the cook stove. Hanging deer are in right background.
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Hunting party on the Flat Tops near Trappers Lake. Ten hunters gathered for photo next to game hanging from poles. Dog at left.
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Hunting party exhibiting the catch. John Condon, Frank Doll's business partner, seated at center, showing his hobnail boots. To the right of Condon, standing and holding a rifle, is Zachariah Doll. It is possible that the man at far left is Jake Borah. Condon was visiting the Doll ranch and probably used Borah as a guide for the hunting trip.
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A lone fisherman in a boat, fishing on Trappers Lake. The hunting camp tent is visible on the point at center of the photograph.
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Frank [Frank Hiram] Doll showing one of the family's horses at the stables on the Doll Ranch.
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Hunting party on the Flat Tops near Trappers Lake, outfitted by Jake Borah. John Condon is seated second from right at the camp table on the right, facing the camera. Camp fire and stove are at center. Clothes drying on bushes at left.
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The first Doll Brothers' house on the east side of Valley Rd. [Brightwater]. Lucy Doll is standing at the porch and there is a chicken in the yard.
11) Doll cabin
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The log cabin built by Frank and Lucy Doll in Dotsero and which was moved to Gypsum around 1890. Most likely Lucy and Frank on the porch with large crate and antlers.
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Two unidentified riders with rifles across their saddles at the Doll Brothers Ranch. Fencing and cattle behind them. It's possible that the man on the left is Mr. Stone, livestock foreman on the Doll ranch.
The Chicago photo studio mark infers that the photos were those of John Condon, Doll Brothers' partner, developed after a visit to the ranch.
13) Ada Slusser
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Photo postcard of Ada Slusser and an unidentified man on horseback. Ada was Lucy Slusser Doll's sister.
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Franklin, Lucy and daughter Gretchen in a carriage at the Doll Brothers' ranch in the Gypsum Valley. The "Big Barn" is at the right in the picture.
16) Franklin Doll
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Frank Doll standing by a corral at his ranch with the Gypsum Valley skyline in the background. Unidentified man standing at right. [Photo badly faded.]
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The John Condon family from Chicago at the Doll ranch house, with their nanny. The daughter is wearing her mother's hat.
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The Condon family from Chicago at the Doll ranch house. John Condon is standing at far left. Mrs. Condon, in white, is seated. The two youngest children are Condons, one being held by a nanny. Lucy and Frank Doll are second and third from the right, standing.
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Hunting party on the Flat Tops near Trappers Lake, outfitted by Jake Borah. The two men standing at right may be Jake Borah (left) and Jim Dilts. John Condon may be at center, left. The chef is at left, holding up a rack for the camera. Game birds and meat are hanging on the pole behind the chef. [Same image as 1983.001.028]
Publisher's caption reads: "Rocky Mountain Scenery"
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Frank Doll showing one of his horses at the "Big Barn" in Gypsum Valley. A boy is standing at the barn door.
"Horse-racing cannot be considered apart from those who were responsible for the breeding of some of the finest race horses in the country--namely, Blind John Condon and Uncle Sam Doll, who at one time owned and operated the largest race track in Chicago. The fine stables are still intact on the Doll ranches, mementoes of the 'gay 90's'--days...
