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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...
7. Anthony Beck
8. Confirmands
10. The Beck Boys
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The Beck Boys and Polly, the dog, posed on the steps down to their house on Water Street, Red Cliff, Colorado.
At top: Buster, Bud
Middle: Quinn, Bruce, Jack
Bottom: Russell
"The dog's name was Polly. The dog was brought over from Monarch when we moved to Red Cliff. After she eventually died, there came a dog named Pudgie who was also a white Spitz but one of the most disagreeable dogs I have ever known."--Bud Beck, Jan. 17, 2009
11. Theodore Beck
12. Beck Family
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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,...
13. Beck boys
15. Shawna Rowen
16. Rhubarb hats
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Buster Beck with grandson, Conrad Fox Beck, wearing the annual Spring rhubarb-leaf hats. Both gentlemen are holding rhubarb stalks. In the background is the end of Monument St. and Leo Medina's house.
"There is a short growing season but somehow we, mostly grandmother Mom, managed to raise carrots, radishes, green onions and leaf lettuce. There were some rhubarb plants and some of the most atomic horseradish ever known to mankind. There were...
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Russell Beck, age 7, showing the poppies he was selling for Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans Day (Nov. 11) in 1939. The red poppy featured in the poem, In Flanders Fields, by Dr. John McCrae. The poppy as a symbol for the bloodshed in World War I was adopted by the National American Legion Conference in 1919 and the American Legion has been selling poppies on Nov. 11 ever since.
The photo bears a good example of fingerprint damage on the upper left...
20. Beck brothers
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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