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C.1900: "The Big Barn," Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity. Could stable 250 horses individually. Winter view with snow on ground. Fencing in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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One of two watches, possibly made in Denmark in the late 1800s, for the Doll brothers of Gypsum. The watch was passed down from John [Kennedy] Doll, adopted son of Charles Hiram Doll, to John C. Doll, who later changed his name to John C. Gregg, after his stepfather.
The watch has a quarter hand for timing splits (horse racing).
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Frank [H. F.] Doll and Mort Doll hunting near Black Lake. Horses in background
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The Parachute Store, Doll Bros. & Smith, in Parachute, Colorado. The store is decorated for the 4th of July. People are standing on the boardwalk. Train is at left. Zachariah Doll was the Doll brother most involved with the store.
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From left, Heine Bond, Mort Doll and Kevin Doll on horseback with corrals behind them.
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Ed Miller with a small horse. Ed was a chef and he, with his wife, Julia, managed the staff house at Gilman, in addition to doing some catering. His sister was Ruth Miller Caddy of Eagle.
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Frank [Frank Hiram] Doll showing one of the family's horses at the stables on the Doll Ranch.
9) Honeymoon
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Starr Doll on her camping honeymoon in 1946, holding a dog next to the horses. Mort and Starr were married in January 1946.
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Frank [Hiram Frank] Doll, son of Franklin and Lucy Doll, mounted on one of the Doll horses. He is wearing a suit and tie.
11) Ada Slusser
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Photo postcard of Ada Slusser and an unidentified man on horseback. Ada was Lucy Slusser Doll's sister.
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Buddy (1 yr. old) and Kevin (2 yrs. old) Doll perched on Pedro, the horse for a photograph.
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Franklin, Lucy and daughter Gretchen in a carriage at the Doll Brothers' ranch in the Gypsum Valley. The "Big Barn" is at the right in the picture.
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Frank Doll showing one of his horses at the "Big Barn" in Gypsum Valley. A boy is standing at the barn door.
"Horse-racing cannot be considered apart from those who were responsible for the breeding of some of the finest race horses in the country--namely, Blind John Condon and Uncle Sam Doll, who at one time owned and operated the largest race track in Chicago. The fine stables are still intact on the Doll ranches, mementoes of the 'gay 90's'--days...
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Photo postcard of ”The Big Barn,” Doll Brothers Ranch, Gypsum Valley. Barn had 3 full stories, running water and electricity and could stable 250 horses individually. Fencing in foreground.
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Imogene Nottingham (later Mrs. Frank Doll) standing with pet deer. Lettuce shed in right background. Child on horse in left background. Photo taken from Emmett Nottingham place in Avon facing northwest. Metcalf Gulch (not in GNIS) visible behind the lettuce shed.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
17) Susan Doll
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Susan Doll standing next to the corrals at the Doll Brothers and Condon Ranch. Franklin Doll and a horse are at left background. Haystack and barn are to the right of Susan.