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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- J. P. Oleson and family
- The Oleson family in a sled somewhere near Gypsum in 1909 or 1910. J. P. Oleson is driving and Iva B. Oleson is holding Christine Oleson (Lloyd), born May 27, 1908 (Gypsum). Harry A. Oleson, born October 27, 1905 (Gypsum), is seated in the foot rest are of the sled. J. P. Oleson owned a store in Gypsum.
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- J. P. Oleson truck
- A group of young people sitting on and near a J. P. Oleson truck (license plate dated 1922). The man in the white shirt seated on the running board is holding a fishing rod. The man standing on the right is Elmer Lundgren.
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- J. P. Oleson's first home
- The J. P. Oleson building after a second floor apartment fire in September 1918. This was the first home of J. P. Oleson. with the store on the firs floor. An automobile is at left.
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- J. W. Baldwin
- Wooden marker for J. W. Baldwin, "Born August 19, 1856 - Died March 13, 1924," Greenwood Cemetery.
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- J. W. Mackey
- College graduation studio photograph of John Wallace Mackey, University of Nebraska, circa 1915. A scholarship in his name was established in 2000, the J. W. Mackey Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Gore Range Natural Science School's summer or after-school program. [The school's name has changed to Walking Mountains.] "Mr. Mackey taught school for many years in Red Cliff, being superintendent of the former Red cliff Union High. He served in various official capacities on the Red Cliff Town Board and fire department, being instrumental in the formation of that department. Mr. Mackey worked endlessly to improve living and recreational conditions in Red Cliff, and was partially responsible for the formation of the water and sanitation district for that town." -- Eagle Valley Enterprise, December 2, 1971
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- J.D. Allen
- Joseph Dewey Allen stands on the stairs to Eagle High School in Eagle, Colorado, wearing some sort of hat. A girl is also pictured on the left side of the photograph.
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- J.P. Oleson Store, Gypsum, CO
- c.1904: Front/side view of the J. P. Oleson Store, Gypsum, Colorado. The two story building has a side stairway going up to the second story, with several curtained windows and a door at that level. The front of the building has a square, fake facade with two windows upstairs, two larger windows and a doorway downstairs. Signage in the downstairs windows reads: "J. P. Oleson Dry Goods, Hats & Shoes," and "J. P. Oleson Groceries." There are chickens on the sidewalk in front of the store. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]