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Sanborn photo postcard [W-1116] looking south down Broadway St., Eagle, Colorado, showing downtown buildings. Highway 40 sign in intersection. Texaco station on left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Front view of Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquors, with gas pumps removed. Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquor Store & Self Service Gas station opened in 1974. The gas station was closed in 2007 and the liquor store closed in 2008. Tony Lucero [81 years old in 2009], proprietor, also worked at the Climax Mine, Leadville, for twenty years.
Article on the opening of the liquor store: Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 26, 1974 p.5.
Calendar from this service station is accessioned...
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A large group poses for a photograph on Broadway Street in Eagle. The Texaco Station is in the background with a gas pump (center, below the "Motor Oil" sign) along with houses and a car. The garage door, on the left, is open.
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A closeup of the Conoco Station on Hwy 6 with two gas pumps and garage.
"Gas stations were full-service in those days, with uniformed attendants who offered to check oil, wash windshields, and pump gas. This Conoco station was location on Highway 6." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle, p.110
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Raymond Bearden standing by a gasoline pump at the family gas station in Burns. Herman Newquist's Volkswagen in background with passenger door open. Dog sitting on pavement.
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The Conoco Station on Hwy 6 with two gas pumps.
"Gas stations were full-service in those days, with uniformed attendants who offered to check oil, wash windshields, and pump gas. This Conoco station was location on Highway 6." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle, p.110
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Automobiles are lined up for shoppers at the Koonce Chevrolet dealership in Eagle, Colorado. Motto: "Yours for quality first."
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Broadway in Eagle in the early 1940s, not yet paved. Koonce Chevrolet is on the right and the Maytag store is on the left. Automobiles are parked along the side of the road and one is driving toward the camera.
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Looking north down First Street toward Railroad Avenue in Gypsum circa 1916. Automobiles are parked in front of businesses, including the Gypsum Garage (Olesen's) on the right hand side and the Travelers' Hotel on the left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Joe H. Fear
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Joe H. Fear standing in front of Fear's Standard Service Station in Red Cliff, Colorado.
11) Willis Staup
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Willis Staup stands in front of the Gypsum Garage. This photo was taken around 1918, as evidenced by the poster to the left of the door. This poster, titled, "Beat back the hun with liberty bonds," was first published in 1918, and was created by Frederick Strothmann. Staup enlisted in the United States Army on October 2, 1917, and served mainly in France and Germany during World War I. He was honorably discharged on April 29, 1919.
