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Millers and Edwards picking lettuce on Bellyache. From left: Terry Miller, Ellis Miller, Karlton Miller, possibly John K. Edwards, and Joe Edwards.
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Joe Edwards at far left. The men are sorting potatoes by size into sacks, the sorting equipment being pulled by a horse.
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Tera Miller with sled and horse team at his place on Bellyache Mountain. Winter weather. Lettuce crates are stacked and covered behind him.
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Esther Edwards [Rogers] chewing on a head of lettuce while supported by her uncle, Ellis Miller. Crates of picked lettuce are in the background.
Esther was born in November 1925 on Bellyache Mountain. "Dr. Rucker failed to register my birth. It's not clear to me why that was. ... However, it did cause one problem when I tried to get a birth certificate in order to get a passport." -- Esther Rogers March 3, 2013
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Caption: "Lettuce patch, Bellyache Mtn, Eagle County 1923-26."
Horse team in back is pulling a wagon on which the crates will be loaded.
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Caption: "Tera Miller working in field on Bellyache ranch in Eagle County, Colorado." Miller is planting lettuce seed which is very tiny. The plants will need to be thinned once they're up and established.
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Emma Newby Edwards and Joe Edwards with their son, Joseph K. [Little Joe], who was born in 1924. The horse team is hitched to a wagon filled with lettuce crates.
