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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Beck 40th Wedding Anniversary Mass, 1989
The Rev. Edward Poehlmann at an outdoor Mass in celebration of the 40th wedding anniversary of Angela and Buster Beck, July 23, 1989. The priest is standing in front of the communion table with participants seated and standing in the background.
Beck Family
Studio portrait of the Beck Family circa 1899. The family was living in Iowa at the time. Ira Earl Beck, lower left in portrait, is the progenitor of the Beck Family in Red Cliff, Colorado. Mother: May Abduie Scott Beck (Wisconsin; Scottish) Father: Chambers Mortimer Beck (Johnstown, PA; Pennsylvania Dutch) Children: Aura Bell (born April 13, 1886); Floyd Mortimer (born July 14, 1887); Viola Agnes (born April 14, 1888); Ira Earl (born March 13, 1890); Eunice May (born Mary 14, 1894); Sattie Amelia (born May 28, 1896); Dwight Christopher (born Sept. 21, 1900).
Beck brothers
Five of the Beck brothers, seated for a studio portrait. From left: Thomas Earl "Jack" Beck, born January 13, 1930; Bruce Beck, born June 8, 1928; Albert Quinn "Quinn" Beck, born Sept. 28, 1926; Buster Beck, born March 2, 1925; Theodore "Bud" Beck, born Jan. 14, 1923. Not pictured is Russell Beck, born Oct. 21, 1933

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