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241) Henderson's store
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The back of Ralph Henderson's Variety Store on Eagle Street, advertising his used car dealership. The building was later owned by Barbara and Demetrio Fresquez in which they operated a tortilla factory.
242) Joe H. Fear
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Joe H. Fear standing in front of Fear's Standard Service Station in Red Cliff, Colorado.
244) Red Cliff in snow
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Red Cliff with snow on the ground. Red Cliff Garage is in midground, horse standing at right midground. Highway into town in background.
245) Lewis Store
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The interior of the Lewis Store in Eagle, sometime in the 1920s. From left: Mrs. Fannie Morgan, Tom Lewis, D. M. "Skeet" Koger.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
246) Early Gypsum
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Panoramic photograph of early Gypsum, Colorado. The photograph is dated "about 1902".
247) E. E. Glenn & Co.
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The E. E. Glenn & Co. General Merchandise store on Broadway in Eagle. The Post Office was also located in the building. There are boardwalks around the building. A dozen men and two children are standing in front of the store.
"Ed Glenn was first attracted to this county by the mining camp at Fulford when that camp was at the boom stage, and later married Mrs. Belding who owned the store located on the site in the same building now occupied by...
248) Dotsero cafe
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A cafe next to the Dotsero Drug Company, one of the buildings left from the railroad boom at Dotsero. There are two men seated outside the cafe. It probably also functioned as one of two bars in town (the other was located on Riverside Way on the river bank). The photo was printed April 2, 1933.
Duplicate photo in 2008.015.
249) Lundgren Store
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The Gypsum Valley Grocery on Railroad Avenue was the original Lundgren Store. Adolph Lundgren immigrated from Sweden in 1907 and started the store in 1912. After Adloph died in 1916, wife Anna and daughter Minnie Lundgren continued the store. In 1920, George Beale became a partner and the name changed to "Beale and Lundgren." In 1930, Beale left and it was operated by Minnie and her brother Elmer.
250) Bonar Pool Hall fire
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Six men examining the rubble left after the Bonar Pool Hall explosion and fire. Monday, April 25, 1932, a few minutes before 4AM, the building exploded. All four walls were blown outward and the building was in flames. Mr. Bonar's business loss was approximately $2,100; he carried $1,800 in insurance. The building was insured for $1,200.
This photograph was marked Plaintiffs Exhibit A [#29] June 29, 1932.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared...
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Two young women competing in a foot race down main street of Red Cliff as part of the July 4th 1919, fesitivities. J.W. Dowd Mercantile warehouse in background. Bystanders on sidewalk watching.
252) Bearcat and Friend
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The owner of the Trading Post and Ellis "Bearcat" Bearden (on right), astride the buffalo at the Battle Mountain Trading Post in Minturn.
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As part of the Fourth of July festivities, six boys visible during a foot race down the main street of Red Cliff, Colorado, 1919. Business visible: Red Cliff Statebank, J. W. Dowd Mercantile Co. warehouse, Short Order Restaurant. American flag hanging over the center of the street.
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The front of the W. J. Riley Co., General Merchandise. There are eight men standing on the boardwalk in front of the building. The man on the far right is holding a pitchfork.
255) Iron Mask Mill
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c.1890: Iron Mask Mill, Belden, Colorado. This old mill is torn down and a new one built in solid granite. Ore transport system, railcar ("Wabash" on side) and tracks visible. Snow on ground. This photograph is a postcard with a 1 cent stamp postmarked for 1911.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1920: Flatbed truck loaded with lumber, parked in front of a building. Two men seated on lumber. Otto Bergman is on the right, the other person is unidentified.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
257) Adrian Reynolds, Jr.
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Adrian Reynolds, Jr., a newspaper man from Kansas who came to Eagle County. He first ran a newspaper in Red Cliff, then in 1918 purchased the Eagle Valley Enterprise in Eagle, which he ran until his death in 1948.
258) Howard McCain
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Howard McCain, who with his wife, Marilla, published the Eagle Valley Enterprise beginning in 1948. Howard handled the printing end of the business.
259) Marilla McCain
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Marilla McCain, publisher and editor of the Eagle Valley Enterprise from 1948-1972. She's sitting at the linotype, a hot-metal machine used to set type.
260) Skiff's Ranch
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Working on roof beams for Skiff's Ranch hotel (later the Oddfellows Hall) in Gypsum.
