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Skiers on Whittaker Hill (Bruce Creek, off Brush Creek) with cattle in the background. Ping's photo finishing date Oct. 24, 1939.
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The warming house across from the ski tow on Whittaker Ranch, Bruce Creek. The cabin was used by Mary Ann Whittaker Carter and Joe Carter as a summer home in the 1980s before the ranch sold.
4) Verne Trunde
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Verne Trunde, Avon School teacher, on skis. Dog in left midground. The view is to the northeast looking at Buck Creek. Given the elevation, the photo may have been taken at Bachelor Gulch. Inscription: "He couldn't do anything with Austin Offerson either."
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard showing skiiers carrying skis to the tow at Ski Cooper, near Leadville. Cooper Hill is where the 10th Mountain Division trained while at Camp Hale.
Verso: "Bob--this is where we skiied [sic.] near Gilman, Colorado, where they trained the Army before going to Europe. This before 1950. Tennessee Pass on Rt. 24."
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The Whittaker ski area on the Whittaker Place at Bruce Creek in the late 1940s. The man standing with his back to the camera on the left is Wayne Randall. Next to him are his cousins, Roxie "Mickie" Randall (sitting down) and Jo Ann Whittaker (standing and laughing). The girl with the scarf on her head at midground is Donna Randall.
Wayne is the son of Les and Florence Randall. He helped to build the ski tow.-- Kathy Heicher, 2011.
7) Aspen, 1950s
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A postcard of Aspen, sent by Ivan and Rachel "Rae" Staton to Alda (Borah) Farnsworth. The postmark is dated September 11, 1958, from Glenwood Springs.
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A nighttime view of Vail and Lionshead Village in the winter.
From the verso, "Ten square miles of ski mountain rising from the warm lights of Vail and LionsHead under a full moon."
Peter Runyon Photography, Box 1441, Vail, Colorado 81658
9) Beaver Creek
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A view of Beaver Creek Resort taken sometime in winter prior to August of 2008.
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A postcard of the Spruce Saddle Restaurant, located in Beaver Creek.
From the verso, "Spruce Saddle Restaurant, Elevation 10,208 ft. Beaver Creek Ski Area, Colorado"
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Ranger Bill Brown (left) and Dorris Johnson prepare to ski in 1935.
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Jean Allen Johnson skis on Whittaker Ski Hill in January of 1952.
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"Number 6 chairlift and Bell Mountain ski slopes from Midway Point, Aspen Mountain. View east toward Continental Divide."
