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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- Mercantile
- John E. Kavanaugh, 10 or 12 years old, standing between two men in a store, possibly in Minturn. John was born in Salida, Colorado, December 6, 1910. His parents were Henry O. Anderson and Hilma Lindgren Anderson. His name was later changed from Anderson to Kavanaugh when he was adopted by his mother's second husband, William "Billy" Kavanaugh, an engineer on the D&RG Railroad. Many products are visible, such as bananas hanging in the center of the photograph; various fruits and vegetables in bins for sale; Venida Hair Net, a popular hairspray product of the time, among others.
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- Merry Christmas / Happy New Year postcard
- A holiday postcard sent by Myrtle and L. J. Borah, possible to Mary (Grant) Borah and Alda (Borah) Perkins. A small poem in the greeting card reads, "Not all the gold / These mountains old / Keep deep within their coffers / Could buy for you / A wish, more true / Than this Christmas greeting offers."
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- Mess Hall
- A mess of men outside the mess hall at Camp Vail. George Frey wrote on the verso, "Mess Call 13th Service Camp Vail". Despite its namesake, the Camp Vail in this photograph is unrelated to the Vail that would become a booming ski town near George Frey's hometown. Camp Vail was a training center commissioned in 1917 located in east-central New Jersey. Its namesake is Alfred Vail, who worked with Samuel Morse to develop the commercial telegraph. Similarly, Camp Vail was a signal corps training center where soldiers would learn how to provide necessary communication support for the war effort, home and abroad. The site later became Fort Monmouth and is now known as Fort Monmouth Historic Site.