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21) Muriel
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Photo postcard of Muriel, in a standing pose with arms behind her back. She is wearing a bouse with a high lace collar and 3/4 sleeves, over which is a dark blouse and pleated skirt.
The verso of the postcard is in ink, addressed to Miss Mayme Stremme [Price], Gypsum, Colo.: "Dear Mayme, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. Lovingly Muriel." It does not carry a stamp and does not appear to have been sent through the mail.
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Studio portrait of Francis Marion Skiff, 1847-1910.
A History of Eagle County [1940], p. 186: "F. M. Skiff owned the town site of Gypsum, Mrs. Skiff owning the first dry goods store and running the first post office. Mr. Skiff built the first two story building in Gypsum [1900]. This bulding is now the Lundgrens store. p. 187 The upstairs of this place was used for a school."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical...
23) Sam Lemon
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Studio photograph of Sam Lemon (born in 1880) as a young man, taken while living with his mother, Laura Josephine Lemon, in Fowler, Colorado.
"Mr. Lemon ranched for several years, was employed in construction work and later owned and operated the Gypsum Poolhall." --Eagle Valley Enterprise, Apr. 27, 1961 p.1
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Group of buildings surrounding the Bonar Pool Hall after the explosion and fire on April 25, 1932. Four men at midground are examining the rubble on the site; there's another man standing at the far right.
Photo marked Plaintiff's exhibit C [#35]
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Edna Stewart Lemon, at left, and her daughter, Madeline Winifred Lemon, center, with Edna's mother, DelsieBelle Martin Stewart. The flora is not native to Eagle County so the assumption is that they're visiting elsewhere.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Friends and family gathered to celebrate Edna and Sam Lemon's 50th wedding anniversary. Edna (in dark dress) and Sam are seated on the left couch; Edna's brother, Carl Stewart, and his wife Doris are seated on the righ couch.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Potato harvest on Bobson Ranch near Gypsum. The unearthed potatoes are put on the horse-drawn sorter by hand. Two men are filling the sack from the sorter. Filled sacks are left upright in the rows to be loaded onto carts.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Evelyn Urdine Douthit sits with the dog, Spot, in the mail cart that her grandfather, George Washington Messermith, would use to pick up mail from the Gypsum Post Office. The photo was dated 1926.
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The Mandolin Club of Eagle County High School, circa 1916.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The abandoned Canyon School in 1976, once a part of Upper Gypsum School District No. 5.
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Wedding photo of Sophia Gustafson Ryden and Charles Ryden. Mr. Ryden is seated and Mrs. Ryden is standing with her right hand on his shoulder.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Andrew Oleson, Gypsum, Colorado. Mr. Oleson is seated for a formal photograph, in suit with bowtie.
Born in Tornum, Nord-Schleswig, Denmark, October 22, 1864, Andrew attened German Trades schools, learning shoemaking. He joined his father in Colorado in 1883. Andrew worked in Red Cliff at first and then joined his family on the homestead in Gypsum Valley, the Sam Oleson Place. In 1902, he purchased the Shippey Place in Gypsum Valley which he owned...
34) Eldon Wilson
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Eldon Wilson leaning against an automobile at Pine Mountain.
"Stamp on verso: Made at the 'Picture Shop' Casper, Wyo."
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Left to right: John Flynn, Elmer Lundgren, Cantrall [summer visitor from Oklahoma], and John Cowden.
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Girls' basketball team, Eagle County High School, 1916-1917. The building at the far right is the Odd Fellows' Hall. At one time, Eagle County High School basketball games were played in the building’s second story.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait of Addison L. and Bird Crawford Hockett, early pioneers of Eagle County. He married Birdie Crawford on November 22, 1898. They lived in Gypsum and had six children. Addison's father, Barclay Hockett, first settled on the mouth of Brush Creek in 1882, in an area now known as Hockett Gulch. Barclay Hockett was Eagle's first postmaster. [Thanks to Bill Stephens, Sr., for this information.]
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Front view of Theodore Stremme's Store in Gypsum, Colorado. Three women and a man are facing the camera, standing on the boardwalk. An automobile with passengers is at the right of the building.
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Sam Lemon and his brother-in-law, Carl Stewart, seated on rocks. Outbuilding in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
40) Hazzard Family
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Studio portrait of the Hazzard Family. Standing in back are Charles and Louella; seated in front are George and Alice.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
