Local History Photo Archive
The Eagle Valley Library District and the Eagle County Historical Society work together to bring you thousands of photographs, artifacts, and many other items from historical Eagle County and the surrounding areas on the Western Slope.
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- Group photo at Kent
- A group poses near a railroad car at Kent. A couple of the individuals worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company. From left to right: Jim Flynn, ?, Mr. Johnson (Western Union foreman), ?, ?, ?, Dan Flynn, ?
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- Group portrait
- Group photo, left to right: Claude Carr, Frank Van Horn, Frank Long, Will Yates, Aunt Carrie Van Horn, Mayme Long, Grandma Lulu Carr. They are standing in front of a log building with two large windows. Curtains and flowers can be seen in the left window., Gerard Family to Mary Jo Gerard
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- Group portrait, after 1908
- From the Shryack Family Collection. This real photo postcard, featuring a group portrait of a man, a young girl, and an older woman, was likely created in the early 20th century at some time after 1908. The individuals in the photo have yet to be identified. If you have any information about the content of this item, please reach out to the EVLD Local History Librarian at history@evld.org or (970) 328-8800., This is a real photo postcard, meaning the image is not printed but developed directly on the paper. The image was developed on a type of Artura Photographic Paper stock that was produced between 1908-1924.
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- Guard Detail
- "Guard detail at Camp Vail, May 9, 1920" - caption on photo verso. This photograph is in a collection of the army photographs of George Frey, Red Cliff resident, and he is presumed to be in the photograph. Despite the namesake, Camp Alfred Vail was at United States Army base Fort Monmouth in New Jersey and was a training center for the signal corps. The United States Signal Corps was founded in 1860 and has played integral roles in military communication, technologies, and logistics since the Civil War. Fort Monmouth was closed in September of 2011 and is now a historic district.
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- Guests at the Doll Brothers Ranch
- The Condon family from Chicago at the Doll ranch house. John Condon is standing at far left. Mrs. Condon, in white, is seated. The two youngest children are Condons, one being held by a nanny. Lucy and Frank Doll are second and third from the right, standing.
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- Guests at the Doll Brothers Ranch
- The John Condon family from Chicago at the Doll ranch house, with their nanny. The daughter is wearing her mother's hat.