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Standing on a rock, Earl Stroud fishes on the Eagle River, near Avon Colorado. He is wearing knickers and hat, holding the fishing pole in his right hand. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mabelle Robertson (later Mrs. Robert Redwood) in front of automobile with Arizona license plates at the Avon Depot. Daughter, Billy Jo, dressed for cold weather, is seated on the hood of the automobile. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Horse drawn wagon with two passengers on road east of the entrance to Beaver Creek at Avon (Stone's Ranch). Stone's Ranch later became the Agriculture Experiment Station for the State College...State Farm. The road became U.S. Highway 6. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Everett Howard holding the reins of Tom, the horse. Both are standing in a field. Some timber is visible behind Tom. Everett is wearing overalls and Tom wears a bridle. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Gypsum Cliffs near Avon and the Offerson Ranch. Inscription: "Gyp Mountain." [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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School children lined up in front of the Avon School, circa 1918 From left to right: Claire Nottingham (future Lundgren); Edna Pyeatt (storekeeper's daughter); Hilda Everett (later killed in trainwreck); Agnes Holden; Lois Welch; Winifred Nottingham (future Mason); Miss Marie Schmidt; Maybelle Robertson; Billy Robertson; Cleara Pyeatt. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Tolbey family photo taken in Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1930s. L to R: Lucille Tolbey, Joy Knapp, Chester Tolbey, Mary Rodgers, Jean Hart, Luella Tolbey. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Everett and Mildred Howard standing outside. Mildred is wearing a coat and hat. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Field of lettuce being irrigated on experimental farm at Avon. Note irrigation furrows halfway between rows." In: High Altitude Vegetable Growing: Lettuce--Cauliflower--Peas, by R. A. McGinty. Fort Collins, Colorado Experiment Station, Horticultural Division, Bulletin No. 309, May, 1926. p.13.
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Facing the Avon Depot building, looking across the platform. There is a man sitting on a bench in front of the Depot, watching a woman walk by. Next to the man, there are two cream cans, one on its side. [Farmers shipped their excess cream to Denver by rail.] There are signs for telegraph services and money orders over the Depot door. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking down the tracks toward the Avon Depot in 1918.
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Mildred Howard kneeling next to Tip, the dog, in the snow in front of a cabin. Fence in right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Ed Rodgers and Stanley Gustafson with "dudes" from Texas getting ready for an outing. All the men are mounted on horses with a pack horse at the far left. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Man and girl standing on the boardwalk under the roof overhang of the Owens Store (the original Avon Store) in Avon, Colorado. Advertising signs: "Hills Bros. Coffee," chocolates, visible. Screen door is open; front door closed. Could be either snowing or raining. The store was located 100 feet west of the Avon Road on the north side of Highway 6. It was relocated and restored to the Eagle museum center in 1996. Date is noted as Oct. 15, 1928. [Title...
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Elizabeth and Annie (Mrs. James) Holden standing on the front port of their house in Avon. They are in the same pose as John and James Holden in a related photo [1986.001.151]. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Studio portrait of the Edward Schlaepfer family. The parents are seated with the youngest children on the parents' laps and the two older children flanking the scene. Imprint on bottom right corner: "Schedin." (l. to r.): Olga, Conrad, Mrs. Emma Louise, Louise, Edward Sr., Edward Jr. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Gulling Offerson and grandson, Robert. Mr. Offerson is wearing overalls and standing in a yard in front of a hedge. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Lola Nottingham, oldest daughter of Clyde Nottingham, seated on Tony, the horse. Nera, the dog, is in the foreground. They stand in front of Emmett Nottingham's house at Avon, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Claude Robertson, daughter Mabelle, son W.R. and wife Bertha in front of their Avon Depot home. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"Making lettuce crates. Packing and loading platform in right background." In: High Altitude Vegetable Growing: Lettuce--Cauliflower--Peas, by R. A. McGinty. Fort Collins, Colorado Experiment Station, Horticultural Division, Bulletin No. 309, May, 1926. p.19.