| 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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| Jesse Tripp home | Jesse Tripp home | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
Description:An image of Jesse Tripp entering his home in southern rural Elbert County, Colorado, courtesy of his grandson Rolla Cusick.
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| Matheson bank | Matheson bank | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:A photocopy of an original image of a bank in Matheson, Colorado believed to have been taken in the early twentieth century. Someone has handwritten "Matheson Bank" in cursive on top of the picture.
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| Matheson billiards hall | Matheson billiards hall | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Matheson |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Matheson |
Description:A photocopied image of a billiards (pool) hall in Matheson, Colorado in the early 1900s.
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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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| Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area. | Pete and Clarence Ashcraft photos of mail wagon and baseball pose near the train depot in the Simla and Matheson, Colorado area. | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla |
Description:A photocopy of two photos from the early 1900s. One photo shows a man next to a wagon. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that it is Pete Ashcraft next to a mail wagon. The other photo shows children playing baseball, with one child in the foreground posing and holding a baseball bat. Cursive handwriting next to this photo indicates that the child with the bat is "Clarence Ashcraft at the train depot." It is unknown whether the photos were taken in Simla, Matheson, or Ramah (El Paso County). These towns were all located along the Rock Island Railroad line. [show more]
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| Ramah postal wagon | Ramah postal wagon | Image | Colorado -- El Paso County.
Colorado -- Ramah
Postal service -- Colorado -- History. |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- El Paso County.
Colorado -- Ramah
Postal service -- Colorado -- History. |
Description:An image of the postal wagon serving the areas surrounding Ramah, Colorado in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
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| Ranchland Farm Newspaper building in Simla, Colorado | Ranchland Farm Newspaper building in Simla, Colorado | Image | Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Newspapers |
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Type:Image Subject:Colorado -- Elbert County
Colorado -- Simla
Newspapers |
Description:An image of the Ranchland Farm Newspaper building on the corner of Sioux Avenue and Buffalo Street in Simla, Colorado. In the top right of the image, "09-3-1971" is handwritten.
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