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George Macdonell holding duckling at left. Terryann Lewis, in back, patting the duckling. Suzann Lewis staring at the camera. Marg Macdonell, at right, holding a very interested General Douglas MacArthur.
2) Morton White
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Three people standing in front of a log building, probably on Brush Creek. The man on the right is Morton White. The man on the left may be Ben White. The women in the appliqued apron is unidentified. The White family were major landholders in the Brush Creek area. The photo was developed by Ping on September 21, 1940.
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Ethel Mary and Jim Latham with their rifles and trophies. Ethel Mary was working as a telephone operator in Eagle when she met James W. Latham, a young railroad man. Ethel Mary died of a brain tumor in the early 1950s.
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Jack and Ella Layton standing in front of their house in Eagle, Colorado. Jack arrived in Eagle County [then part of Summit County] in 1879. He prospected, hunted and fished on Brush Creek, arriving "early enough to see Indians." [Eagle County History, 1940] He married his wife, Ella, on August 5, 1891. Together, they ranched and lived in Eagle.
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Mac (Alexander Jr.) and Margaret Macdonell with baby Dan in Eagle. Dan was the first grandchild of Alec and Sadie Macdonell. Margaret worked for Holy Cross Electric Association for 18 years at their Eagle office. She also collected bills for Rocky Mountain Natural Gas from 1971 to 1981. She collected payments, posted deposits and meter readings, filled out work orders, took calls and cleaned the office.
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Joe and Margaret Morris sitting on a coach with baby Marsha. Unidentified man at right.
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Ackie (Alex) and Sadie Macdonell, standing on a beam with an unidentified woman. Possibly a wedding day photo.
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Alexander Macdonell in a studio photograph taken with two of his sisters in Scotland. Alex (called Ack or Ackie by his family), was born November 16, 1882, in Beauly, Scotland. He emigrated to the United States and was employed on the Frank Doll ranch in the Gypsum valley. He then leased land on the Geo. Wilkinson ranch on Brush Creek. He served with the U.S. Army 6th Cavalry in World War I.
He returned to Eagle after the war and married Miss...
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Sadie Figgins Macdonell behind Alex Macdonell on a ladder. Possibly a wedding day photograph.
