Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1905-1906 | Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1905-1906 | Image | Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)
Colorado--Elbert County
Colorado--Elizabeth |
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Type:Image Subject:Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)
Colorado--Elbert County
Colorado--Elizabeth |
Description:The Geode Crystal Library Club, formed in 1896, established the first public library in Elizabeth. Members received handmade programs each year. This original program measures 6 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches and includes 24 hand-lettered pages.
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Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1941-1942 | Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1941-1942 | Image | Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)
Colorado--Elbert County
Colorado--Elizabeth |
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Type:Image Subject:Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)
Colorado--Elbert County
Colorado--Elizabeth |
Description:The Geode Crystal Library Club, formed, in 1896, established the first public library in Elizabeth. Member received handmade programs each year. This original program measures 6 1/2" by 6" and includes 24 carbon-copied pages.
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Geode Crystal Library Club Voting Box | Geode Crystal Library Club Voting Box | Image | Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)
Colorado--Elbert County
Colorado--Elizabeth
Women --Colorado--Elbert--Societies and clubs |
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Type:Image Subject:Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)
Colorado--Elbert County
Colorado--Elizabeth
Women --Colorado--Elbert--Societies and clubs |
Description:New members were admitted to the Geode Crystal Library Club by a vote of existing members. Marbles were dropped in this voting box, with white marbles approving membership and black marbles denying. A nominee receiving two "no" votes could not join the club. [show more]
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Elbert County Commemorative Throw Blanket | Elbert County Commemorative Throw Blanket | Image | Elbert Presbyterian Church (Elbert, Colo.)
Blankets--United States--Elbert County (Colo.)
Historic buildings--Colorado--Elbert County |
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Type:Image Subject:Elbert Presbyterian Church (Elbert, Colo.)
Blankets--United States--Elbert County (Colo.)
Historic buildings--Colorado--Elbert County |
Description:As a fund-raising project, the Elbert Presbyterian Church commissioned a woven blanket commemorating historic buildings throughout Elbert County. The blanket is made of cotton and measures 72" by 50".
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Elbert County Fair Pennant | Elbert County Fair Pennant | Physical Object | Elbert County Fair |
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Type:Physical Object Subject:Elbert County Fair |
Description:Pennant from the Elbert County Fair
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Coal mine north of Fondis | Coal mine north of Fondis | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Fondis. Colorado -- Simla Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado. |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Fondis. Colorado -- Simla Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado. |
Description:An image of a coal mine one and a quarter mile north of the unincorporated town of Fondis in the early 20th century.
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Donald A. Lemley Oral History | Donald A. Lemley Oral History | Moving Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Moving Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla |
Description:Don was a founding member of the Simla Historical Society, which began in 2012 at the Simla Library. As a founder and lifelong resident of the Simla area, he helped the society record his oral history back in 2013. Don lived from 1931 to 2019. We were so very honored to have him share his life story and history with us. May he rest in peace.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ [show more]
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Fred Isgar picking corn | Fred Isgar picking corn | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Matheson Agriculture -- Colorado. |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Matheson Agriculture -- Colorado. |
Description:An image of farmer Fred Isgar picking corn in the Matheson area of Elbert County, Colorado.
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Moody the Peddler | Moody the Peddler | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla Peddlers -- United States |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Simla Peddlers -- United States |
Description:Moody the Peddler selling goods somewhere in the Simla area of Elbert County, Colorado at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson | Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson | Image Text | Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Text Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County. Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:Brief history of Duncan Matheson & his farm on the Big Sandy River.
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