Brush Creek, Colorado
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"Some Woodpile!" (caption from photo album)
Duane and Hans stand in front of their large woodpile Hans is holding the axe and Duane is leaning against a pole. There is farm equipment directly to the right of Hans and trees in the background.
4) Duane Larsen
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Duane Larsen stands on a porch dressed in a wide brim hat, chaps, and bandana. There is a house and trees in the background.
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"Duane in the potato patch" (caption from photo album). Duane Larsen stands in the potato patch holding a hoe. He is wearing bib overalls and a long shirt with mountains and trees in the backgound.
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Eulene and Marvin Kilgore at home on Brush Creek. Marvin is pushing while Eulene pulls a wagon.
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"Mother & Duane feeding sheep" (caption from photo album)
Mary Hester Larsen and her son, Duane, feed the family sheep. There is a log building in the background and the sheep are gathered near a large woodpile.
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Bob & Mary Jo Trezise watching their father, Robert, till their garden with horses, Dick and King. There is a swingset in the left background and a sandbox in the right foreground.
10) Hans & his elk
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Hans Larsen holds his gun and stands beside an elk on a tractor trailer. There is another barn and mountains in the background.
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"Daddy, Jack, & 8 Ducks" (caption from photo album)
Hans Larsen stands with the family dog, Jack, with a gun and a pipe in his mouth. Larsen fashioned his own belt for carrying ducks while hunting and has 8 around his waist. There is a milk can in the background with the fenceline and a building.
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A man on a tractor harvesting potatoes. There are several children on the potato harvester with many sacks of potatoes scattered throughout the field for pick-up. Mountains and trees are in the background. The man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard/Trezise family.
13) Hay Derrick
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Hans Larsen is hanging from the pulley of a hay derrick over a large haystack.
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Schlutter Place during haying season. The Eaton Place would be to the right. Tractor visible in left background.
15) In the Shoot
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"Mary Jo & Bobby in the shoot" (caption from photo)
Mary Jo & Bobby Trezise can be seen standing in the cattle shoot near the center of the photo. To their left, is a car garaged in the barn and to the far right, a man can be seen. There are tractors and other farm equipment in the barns.
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Kilgore property with Brush Creek in the background, c. 1916-17. Haystack and automobile in left of photo.
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Loading 100# sacks of potatoes onto wagon at the Shryack Place (also called the Mosher Place) on lower Brush Creek. From there, the sacks would be taken to "spud" cellars. Two horse team is pulling the wagon; farm buildings in left background.
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Melissa Larsen holds a coyote caught in a trap. Melissa is dressed for winter in a hat, coat, and gloves, and there is snow and trees in the background.
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Melissa Larsen riding Daisy the Horse. Daisy has a tell-tale white spot on her forehead and they appear to be in a field with trees in the background.
20) On the Tractor
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A man on a tractor pulling farm machinery; it appears to be harvesting potatoes. He is wearing a hat and has a pipe in his hand.This man could be Claude Gerard or another member of the Gerard family.
