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Studio portrait of Alice Bell Tomlin, Dessie Tomlin Beck's half-sister. Their father was A. Q. (Albert Q.) Tomlin. Mr. Tomlin divorced Margarete "Maggie" Ellis Tomlin, Dessie's mother, and married Jessie Tomlin, Alice's mother. In the 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Jessie and Alice Tomlin [then 9 yrs. old] lived at 332 Virginia St., Idaho Springs, Colorado. Alice's married name was Roberts. Born April 4, 1931; died Feb. 14, 1997.
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Allan and Mauri Nottingham, wearing their first dress coats. "The Nottinghams have been an integral part of Eagle County history since pioneer William Nottingham arrived in the Red Cliff mining camp in the 1880s. In 1890, William moved down the valley to homestead 160 acres of land on the Eagle River at what is now Avon. William's son, Harry, expanded that ranch to encompass most of the present-day community of Avon, stretching from Wildrige to...
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Anthony Beck, two months old, tucked into a Dupont dynamite box on the porch of the Beck home in Red Cliff, February 1957.
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A studio photograph of Mary Frances, Garth [born in 1926], and Ralph Bayer [born in 1920]. The children's parents were Howard G. and Ethel Boies Bayer of Minturn.
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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,...
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From left, Quinn, Buster and Bud Beck, perched on rocks possibly at lower Homestake near the white wooden horse bridge at the trailhead to Peterson gulch and Fall Creek.
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Grandmother Blanche Dump Gay with grandchildren, from left to right: Ruby Dump (Crye) holding infant Ernie Dump (Ivan Ernest "Ernie" Dump Dumph). Betty May Dump (Elsberry) holding her grandmother's hand. The are next to Turkey Creek Rd. in Red. Cliff.
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Bruce Beck and Albert Quinn Beck at the Beck home in Red Cliff. Bruce was later killed in Korea on Heartbreak Ridge. Quinn is wearing his Navy uniform.
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Buster Beck standing in front of the doors of the Holy Cross Garage in Red Cliff. "The doors in the background were used every day so it can be assumed that the accumulation of ice took place over night." -- T. Bud Beck
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Buster (at left) and Bud Beck with Fred Moore at right. They're in the canyon about a mile below Red Cliff. Cribbing visible at upper left, roadway and railroad at lower left.
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Della Blake Altenreid and daughter, standing in a yard in Red Cliff, Colorado. There are chickens at her feet. Della was the daughter of James Blake, town marshall for Red Cliff.
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Dessie Beck, in suit, gloves and hat, standing in a yard.
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Dessie Beck and dog standing in the yard, probably in Salida.
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Dump Family reunion in the summer of 1942 after Betty Mae Dump (Elbserry) was born. It was at the Leadville home of Ivan "Ike" dump and Joy Marfitano Dump (Ike was working at Climax Mine). The family, from left to right: Ralph and Stella Marfitano, Chuck Dump, Joy (Marfitano) Dump (Boltjes), infant Betty Dump (Elsberry) held by Ivan Dump, Dick Mize, Vic Morgan, Ethel "Sis" Morgan (Dump), Ruby (Dump) Crye, Blanch Dump (Gay) Harry and Pearl (Dump)...
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The Ivan Dump family seated around the dining room table for dinner in the early 1950s. The wallpaper and metal kitchen cabinets in the background are appropriate to the era. From front left, going around the table to the right: Ed Dump, Ernie Dump, Ralf Marfitano, Ivan Dump, Joy Marfitano Dump, Stella Marfitano, Len Dump and Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry).
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Birthday party get-together at the home of Ivan Dump on Eagle Street in Red Cliff, Colorado, taken in the early 1950s. Siding had been added to the house after 1948. The wishing well in right background was made with bricks salvaged by the Dump siblings after a truck went off the grade above the Silver Bridge, landing near the Eagle River and railroad tracks. From Left to right: Ivan Dump (sitting on walkway), Rose Marfitano, Ralph Marfitano (Sitting...
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Earl Beck married Dessie M. Tomlin in 1918. They moved to Red Cliff in 1921 and had six boys. Earl died in 1939 of a ruptured appendix and Dessie died in 1947.
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Earl (Ira Earl) Beck standing with his sister, Sattie Beck, family dog between them. This is probably in Salida, Colorado. The Beck family moved to Salida from Baliot, Iowa, in 1908, and then to Red Cliff in 1921
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Earl Beck posing Theodore Beck on a chair.
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Easter Day, 1949, on Eagle Street, Red Cliff. The Ivan Dump children are in their front yard with Easter baskets lined up on the boardwalk. From left to right, Betty Mae Dump Elsberry, Ed Dump Dumph, and Ernie Dump Dumph. Len Dump Dumph is perched on the fence post. Mine tailings are visible on East hill side of Eagle Street.