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Participants in May Crowning at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Red Cliff, in 1948. Angela Fear (Beck) is tallest, standing in back. Gloria Fear is in front of her on the right; Christine Fear is in front of Gloria. The two girls on the left are unidentified.
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,...
64. Theodore Beck
67. 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,...
68. Red Cliff School
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Five boys in potato sacks, racing down the main street of Red Cliff, Colorado, as part of the July 4, 1919, festivities. Bystanders line the sidewalks and stand in the street. Visible are the J. W. Dowd Mercantile Co. warehouse and the Short ORder Restaurant. The American flag is hanging as a banner over the street.
70. Beck boys
73. Cheerleaders
74. Shawna Rowen
75. Monument Street
76. Diana Martinez
77. 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...