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Alice Rose and Ross Chambers pose for a photograph with their children-- Maxine, Loren, Donald, and Shirley-- in front of a house.
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A view of Eagle from the south. The Chambers Barn, now the Eagle County Historical Society Museum, can be seen in midground at the left. Bridge over Eagle River in midground, near top of photograph. Houses, sheds, and barns line the street. This photograph would have been almost exactly where the current Interstate 70 interchange is located today.
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Ladonna is standing on the swing, looking casual with her hand in her pocket, while her stepsister Shirley is on the swing. The girls are in front a fence with a large field behind them.
4. Jessie Fair
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Jessie Fair on a swing at the Chambers Ranch.
5. Kay Carter
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Kay Carter poses in front of a car. Clarence Fair is in the background to the left of Kay.
6. Tom Pearch
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Tom Pearch looks through aladaide on a plane table, a common tool of surveyors, on New York Mountain looking south. Plane table surveying is a graphical method of survey in which the field observations and plotting are done simultaneously.
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George Burgess Jr. with a pack horse on the rim of Gold Dust Basin viewing east. Photo is dated September of 1948.
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View west of Lower Fulford from Windy Point.
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October 1955: Snow is deep. Viewing west near Windy Point in Upper Town, Fulford, Colorado. Harry Morgan's "Portadrill" is a large structure in center right, with a lean-to and other equipment in the area.
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This house at Castle Peak Ranch was occupied by Harry and Teresa Lewis.
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View through window of Harry and Teresa Lewis's house.
12. Cy Dice
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Cy relaxing by his house at Brush Creek. Taken August 1965
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Cy and Imogene Dice on their porch swing. Taken August 1965
14. Feeding time
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A young boy bottle feeds two sheep. A building (barn or shed) is behind him and the background displays a larger pasture or ranchland.
This photograph was in a group of photographs of ranches and livestock in the Edwards School Scrapbook. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
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"Railroad problems" -- caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
Several large logs appear to have fallen or rolled at the Eagle Mine in Gilman, Colorado. Miners are coming down the hill (right, center). The railroad line and a railroad car are directly to the left of the mess.
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"Lake Creek watersheds" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 17. A watershed is described as an area that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas; three bodies of water are in this area, including Lake Creek, Eagle River, and Colorado River. Snow is visible on mountains. Spots are damage to the photograph.
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"D. & R.G. Railroad" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was created as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
The railroad would haul zinc out of the mines at Gilman for several decades. Three buildings are visible, including one perched on the mountainside. At far right, a sign says "Eagle Mines of the Empire Zinc Co". A tailings pipe appears to be dumping into the Eagle River (midground). The town of...
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"Building our highway" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was completed as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
This could be construction of Highway 6, the first major byway to cross Eagle County. A large excavator with one man in control awaits more digging, two other men with shovels are digging by hand. A horse team is visible at right, center, with a wagon behind them. The excavator is resting on...
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"View from Castle Peak 1917"
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"View from Castle Peak Lookout Station 1917" - Alda Borah