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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.
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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...
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1935 Christmas, American Legion and Auxiliary. Thirteen people and Santa posed outside for group photo:
Bottom Row, LtoR: Joe Walsh, Emil Erlandson, Jim Walsh, Max Keszker, Eddie Duffy
Top Row, LtoR: Marguret Cathy, Irene Erlandson, Mayme Walsh, Amelia Nordlander, Louis Jesson (brother of Helen Nelson), Santa Claus, Ruth Caddy, Jack Baldauf, John Caddy, Nina Baldauf
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]...
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Three generations of Marfitanos get together for a 4th of July celebration (1956, 1957, or 1958). They are seated outside at the Denver & Rio Grande Section House in Carbondale, Colorado.
Left side of table, front to back: Irene Marfitano, Karen Marfitano Green, David Marfitano, Mary Jo Marfitano and Stella Marfitano.
Right side of table, front to back: John Marfitano, Ralph Marfitano (standing), Rose Marfitano.