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21) Herwick Family
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Ida Herwick and her children, Thanksgiving 1894, at church services in Wolcott.
Back row, L to R: Paul, age 10; Frederick, age 13; WIlliam C., age 15
Front, L to R: Tina, age 3; Ida, Age 33; Mary, age 18 mos.; Oren age 5; Birdellah, age 17; Guy, age 6
"For several months she had been putting a little money away for a special occasion, and she intended that having a family portrait done would be it. Of all the things she could think of, having...
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Studio portrait of the Edward Schlaepfer family. The parents are seated with the youngest children on the parents' laps and the two older children flanking the scene. Imprint on bottom right corner: "Schedin."
(l. to r.): Olga, Conrad, Mrs. Emma Louise, Louise, Edward Sr., Edward Jr.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait photograph of Elizabeth George, at right, with her daughter, Edna George Hesse.
24) John Welsh
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Studio portrait photograph of John Welsh, original homesteader and owner of the J over J Ranch, now (2009) 4 Eagle Ranch 4 miles north of Wolcott. He is wearing a three-piece suit with tie tack and a Masonic pin in his lapel.
John Welsh also built a house on Wall Street in Eagle, Colorado, where the family of Charles and Sallie (Welsh) Hartman stayed during the winter so the children could attend school.
John Welsh lost the Ranch in 1929 or 1930...
25) 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."
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1900: Studio portrait of Perie Hockett Green, daughter of Mary and Art Hockett, standing next to John Green who is seated on his chair with his legs crossed. Perie and John had two sons, Bertram and Winslow. Perie died in the 1918 flu epidemic. John Green owned Sweetwater Lake and sold it to Paul Gregg, artist for the Denver Post newspaper.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
28) 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.]
29) Babcock Family
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"The Babcock Family at Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1936. In back are Bill, Edith, Elizabeth, Ila, Charles and Dwight. In front: Jack, Bill Sr., his wife, Ethel, and daughter Ethel. The picture was taken ten years after the family left Yarmony Park. Mr. and Mrs. Babcock and son Bill have passed on." -- McCoy Memoirs, p. 294
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio photograph of Ella Rose Berger Lewis, posed with her hand on a metal pitcher. Ella married Thomas E. Lewis on March 3, 1907, in Grand Junction and moved to Eagle in 1915.
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Nora Steward Johnson was the wife of William S. Johnson. The couple had three children: Dorris, Jesse, and Ray Johnson.
33) Bob McDougal
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Photo portrait of Bob McDougal dressed in aviator jacket, scarf, helmet and goggles. World War II era photo. Bob's parents were "Red" and Myrtle McDougal of Red Cliff, Colorado. Red was Town Marshall.
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Frances Sansoti holds her daugher, Lena, for a photograph. Lena was approximately 1 year old at the time.
35) Catherine Miller
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Studio portrait of Catherine Miller, Howard D. McCain's grandmother. She is wearing a high-collared dress.
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"A 1908 photograph of the family of Pete and Melissa Horn. Back, from left: Mary, Mabel, Ida, Maude. Front, from left: Walter, Arthur and Charley. All attended the Cottonwood school at one time or another and all are deceased except Mabel." -- McCoy Memoirs. p. 115
Pete Horn, coming from Bailey, Colorado, purchased the tract from two trappers about 1890, and homesteaded with the help of his wife, Melissa, and seven children.
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Photograph of a souvenir photo commemorating school year Sept. 18, 1899-May 4, 1900, Lake Creek School, Edwards, Colorado. Presented by Georgia Devereux, teacher. School Board: Wm. Beck, Pres., Brett, Treas., Cunningham, Sec'y. Photograph of Georgia Devereux cut and mounted onto cardboard presentation.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1890: Laura and Leila Hadley, Teachers in Eagle County in early 1890's; formal studio portrait. The teachers are dressed up and wear hats.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Formal photograph of Charles and Ella Albertson, in travel dress, married November 11, 1903, Burns, Colorado. Ella is seated in a chair, wearing, gloves, hat and travel costume. Charles is standing to her right, with his left hand on the chair back, wearing suit and carrying hat in right hand.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
40) Cora B. Mayer
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Studio portrait of Cora B. Wise Mayer, 16 years old, standing with her left hand on a prop. Mother of Chester lloyd Mayer, long-time Eagle resident. She was born Cora Wise on February 17, 1870, in Neosho, Missouri. She married William Perry Mayer in 1886; died July 25, 1955. She is buried in the Eagle cemetery.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
