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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- Children's Fountain, Vail
- A nighttime view of the Children's Fountain in Vail.
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- Children's program
- A children's program at Red Cliff in July 2000, obviously involving face painting. Back, from left: Angela Beck, Anthony Romero, Cynthia Lupton, Robert Lupton, Andrew Romero, Manuel Madrid, Thomas Aragon, Emma Aragon In front, from left: Marka Cisneros, Christie Aragon, Deseree --
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- Choir Boys at May Crowning 1965
- Choir boys lined up before May Crowning at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Red Cliff, 1965. In back, from left: Mike Beck, Joe Beck, Bill Beck, Henry Manzanarez Front: Leonard Vigil, Tommy Medina, Anthony Beck May crowning is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May of every year. In some countries, it takes place on or about May 1, however, in many United States Catholic parishes, it takes place on Mother's Day. An image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is ceremonially crowned to signify her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. The practice is also maintained in the same fashion by some Anglo Catholic Anglicans.
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- Chowhounds
- "Happy looking chow hounds" - a group of Red Cliff kids sometime in the 1940s. In the back, left to right: Harvey Weber, Marvel Ashlock, and Bruce Beck; in front, Audrey Weber, Durbin McIlnay. They all appear to be eating something.
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- Christiania Lodge
- On Hanson Ranch Road looking toward the Christiania Lodge at right,
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- Christine Fear at the bridge
- Christine Fear posing at the Red Cliff Arch Bridge upright. The sign behind her directs traffic to Red Cliff and Shrine Pass (left) or to Leadville and Buena Vista continuing on U.S. Highway 24. Christine and her friend, Mary Eleanor Vigil, were riding bicycles (seen in background) around the "loop:" up the high road, across the bridge, down Hwy 24 to Homestake Canyon and back into town. It was safe to bike or ride this route and many women used it as a good walk for weight control. Christine said she could remember riding her bike to Gilman and back. -- Angela Beck