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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"Greetings" Postcard, 1909
This floral greeting postcard was sent to Dorothy Shryack by someone with initials M.G. on February 2, 1909. The message on the front of the card says, "Flowers are the sweetest things god ever made and forgot to put a soul into.", Published by K-WIN & CO., Art Publishers, Chicago.
"Greetings" Postcard, ca. 1900s
This postcard, decorated with a pastoral landscape and flowers, was addressed to Dorothy Shryack by Arline Hodge. There is a short poem on the front of the card that reads, "As you travel on life's broad highway, may each new milestone passed find you happier, wiser, braver and richer than the last.", Marked "Series 60 F." Produced by James E. Pitts.
"Gust"
"Gust" standing at a siding at the Wolcott station.
"Hard days work"
Jim Flynn, Owen McCarthy and Kate Flynn hoeing the garden at Kent. Inscription reads: "Hard days work." The three pine trees are at right background.
"He's sure cute"
A portrait of Leo Daugherty's (a friend of Alda Borah) cousin, Orville Dempsey. Alda notes that "he's sure cute" on the verso.

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