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The Great K & A Train Robbery was filmed in Glenwood Canyon in 1926. Tom Mix, the star, did his own stunts, including some on a moving train, that thrilled those watching.
James J. Flynn was the fireman on the train in the film. He had a picture of Tom Mix with the train crew which he submitted to the Green Light, a magazine for Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employees. The magazine no longer exists but this clipping of the article was...
3. Bolt's Lake
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Ice skaters on the Pando ice pond.
"The highway to Leadville runs along the base of that cliff in the left background. The road on which the cars facing the camera are parked is the dike for the pond. In recent years, the cliff has become a haven for rock climbers. This was the north east corner of the pond and a great place to skate. You could drive right to the edge of the ice and the sun was good in the afternoon. With the exception of the...
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The cast of the 1938 Eagle High School senior class play, "bashful Mr. Bobbs," lined up on stage. The photo was used in Lux Aquilae 1938 [school yearbook].
From left, "Margaret Aldred, Marjorie Aldred, Dolly Webb, Donald Webb, Carolyn Quick, Donald Knupp, Marian Redmond, Jim Isabell, Velma Dorn, Daisy Hughes, Marion Mosher.
The senior play, "Bashful Mr. Bobbs," a three-act farce, was given Friday April 29, in the school auditorium. Eleven seniors...
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1920 photo of baseball team and friends on the boardwalk in front of Lundgren's Store, Gypsum, Colorado (print reversed). Front row is seated on the boardwalk with two rows of people standing behind them. Players are wearing uniforms. Majority of women are wearing hats.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The cast of "Fingerprints," the senior class play at Eagle High School, 1939. Photo used in Lux Aquilae 1939.
"Standing: Kenneth Du Bois, Margie Stein, Dorothy Arthur, Bobby Clark, Betty Howland, Gertrude Nimon, and Donald Van Horn. Seated: Rosemary Ginther, Marguerite Koonce, and Irvin Wells.
'FIngerprints,' a three-act comedy, was given by the senior class, April 21, at eight o'clock in the auditorium. Meleta Wilson directed the play. A large...
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"In some respects similar to the preceeding picture [1992.004A.084], but taken about 1924. Trees obstruct a view of the Hotel and several buildings in back of it that haver never shown in any of the many photographs of McCoy. The little building in the foreground has served as living quarters for a number of people in past years, but is presently the McCoy Post Office. The small white building on the left was built by the Brooks Brothers in 1914....
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Agatha and Oscar Carlson, old time friends of the Dices, visiting from Denver. Fishing on Brush Creek was a favorite activity. They are standing on the porch of the cabin behind the Schlutter Place. Oscar is resting his right arm on Agatha's left shoulder while his left hand is propped on a broom handle.
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The participants in the Easter Monday Ball 1910 at Monarch, Colorado. The young lady in the center is Dessie Tomlin. To her immediate right are her parents, Maggie and A.Q. Tomlin. Dessie married Ira Earl Beck and moved to Red Cliff in 1921. They had six sons, T.R. (Bud), Buster, Quinn, Bruce, Jack and Russell.
This photograph was damaged when the roof and second floor of the Beck house burned in about 1929. A photo of that fire is: 2012.016.001....
15. Burro and friend
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The Lundgren Dance Band, very active in the 1940s. Elmer Lundgren is in the back row playing the drums next to Clare Nottingham Lundgren playing the piano. In the front row are George Elliott, Ralph Huff, Mike and Adelia Anderson.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1939: Cowboy riding a steer during rodeo, Eagle, Colorado. Additional riders in background. The Eagle County Court House, built in 1932, is visible; riding is being done on the West side of the Court House (in 2006, this is now a park).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
20. Jane "Hobo"
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Jane Bemis dressed up on "Hobo Day" in 1928. She is carrying a stick with a knapsack attached to it, bandana around her neck, and is holding an object in her right hand. There is a wooden structure in the background. The gold in the top right and bottom left corners are fasteners in the photo album.