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ID: Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1905-1906
Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1905-1906
Type: Image
Subjects: Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)

Colorado--Elbert County

Colorado--Elizabeth
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        Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1905-1906    
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.                

ID: Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1941-1942
Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1941-1942
Type: Image
Subjects: Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)

Colorado--Elbert County

Colorado--Elizabeth
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        Geode Crystal Library Club handmade program, 1941-1942    
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.                

ID: Geode Crystal Library Club Voting Box
Geode Crystal Library Club Voting Box
Type: Image
Subjects: Elizabeth Library (Elizabeth, Colo.)

Colorado--Elbert County

Colorado--Elizabeth

Women --Colorado--Elbert--Societies and clubs
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        Geode Crystal Library Club Voting Box    
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]                

ID: Elbert County Commemorative Throw Blanket
Elbert County Commemorative Throw Blanket
Type: Image
Subjects: Elbert Presbyterian Church (Elbert, Colo.)

Blankets--United States--Elbert County (Colo.)

Historic buildings--Colorado--Elbert County
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        Elbert County Commemorative Throw Blanket    
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".                

ID: Elbert County Fair Pennant
Elbert County Fair Pennant
Type: Physical Object
Subjects: Elbert County Fair
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        Elbert County Fair Pennant    
Type:Physical Object
Subject:Elbert County Fair

                    Description:Pennant from the Elbert County Fair                 

ID: Coal mine north of Fondis
Coal mine north of Fondis
Type: Image
Subjects: Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Fondis.
Colorado -- Simla
Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado.
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        Coal mine north of Fondis    
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.                 

ID: Donald A. Lemley Oral History
Donald A. Lemley Oral History
Type: Moving Image
Subjects: Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla
Item 

        Donald A. Lemley Oral History    
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.


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ID: Fred Isgar picking corn
Fred Isgar picking corn
Type: Image
Subjects: Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Matheson
Agriculture -- Colorado.
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        Fred Isgar picking corn    
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.                  

ID: Moody the Peddler
Moody the Peddler 
Type: Image
Subjects: Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Simla
Peddlers -- United States
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        Moody the Peddler     
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.                  

ID: Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson
Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson 
Type: Image
Text
Subjects: Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Matheson
Item 

        Page from booklet - picture of Duncan Matheson     
Type:Image
Text
Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County.
Colorado -- Matheson

                    Description:Brief history of Duncan Matheson & his farm on the Big Sandy River.                 