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A view of Belden in the snow [1930s] with mine facilities. A man and a dog are walking the railroad tracks; the Eagle River is almost frozen over.
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MacDonald Knight sitting on a parked car in the snow at Gilman. He's holding a camera and is underneath a sign for Coca-Cola.
Front: "sitting on top a parked car" [Gilman]
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View of Gilman, Colorado, from the highway in winter. Company housing is visible in the center of the photo.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Road into Gilman with the Eagle River Canyon at far right. Main mine shaft is at left center with mine timbers stacked to its right. Housing in the background.
6) Gilman
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Gilman taken from the other side of the Eagle River Canyon. The main mine shaft is at right of center.
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998, showing downtown Gilman.
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Housing for workers at the Gilman Mine is shown in the center of the photograph. The Lanning family lived in the center of the top row of houses, just below Hwy 24, which curves into the background. Water tanks are visible adjacent to Hwy 24.
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Main Street in Gilman after a heavy snowfall. The license plate on the first car may read 1934. Storefronts show business names and products.
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A view of Gilman in the snow [1930s] with some mine facilities and housing.
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Residential housing is on the right. The main street is visible between rows of houses. The water tanks are adjacent to Hwy 24.
14) Gilman
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Residences are on the left and town/community buildings are on the right. Hwy 24 is the curved road at the extreme left.
Autobiography of Mayo W. Lanning, p. 29:
"The mining camp was laid out in rows of houses along streets paralleling the highway above us on the slope of Battle Mountain. Our fist home was a little white bungalow just above the camp hospital. The previous tenant had...
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An unidentified man standing at the back door of the bachelors' quarters in Gilman. Behind him [follow the arrow] is the Gilman Hospital. Both Alan Knight and Patricia Knight Hoffman were born in that hospital.
Front: "Hospital where Trish and Alan were born, Gilman looking north"
Verso: "Back door of bachelor house in Gilman"
