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41. Christmas 1938
45. Main Street
47. Broadway
48. Moorehead place
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Cora and Joe Carter, standing in front of an automobile in Leadville, Colorado. The license plate is for 1942.
"Sam and Russell's mother was Cora Fenno (daughter of Emma Fenno Graham), who married Joe Carter in Leadville in 1904. Soon after that, the two took up a homestead in the pretty draw that bears their name. They continued living in Leadville, 'proving up' on the land during the summer. Then in the 1920s, they built a two-story white clapboard...
51. Seeing Denver
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Photo postcard twelve-passenger open touring vehicle labeled: "2," "Seeing Denver." The vehicle is parked along a city street. There are eleven passengers and a driver, including two children. Information stamped on back: "Seeing Denver Automobiles; Seeing Denver Cars; Seeing the Foothills Cars."
Inscription: "Mother," "Pearl Mize"
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Front view of Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquors, with gas pumps removed. Lucero's Hwy. 24 Liquor Store & Self Service Gas station opened in 1974. The gas station was closed in 2007 and the liquor store closed in 2008. Tony Lucero [81 years old in 2009], proprietor, also worked at the Climax Mine, Leadville, for twenty years.
Article on the opening of the liquor store: Eagle Valley Enterprise, Oct. 26, 1974 p.5.
Calendar from this service station is accessioned...
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A closeup of the Conoco Station on Hwy 6 with two gas pumps and garage.
"Gas stations were full-service in those days, with uniformed attendants who offered to check oil, wash windshields, and pump gas. This Conoco station was location on Highway 6." -- Kathy Heicher, Early Eagle, p.110
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Automobiles parked at Gilman along the main road into the town. Housing in left background. The building at the far right is the one-story part of the shaft house. Stacked mine timbers can barely be seen above the roofline. This appears to be taken prior to the bus line that ran from Minturn.
Notch Mountain is visible at the upper left.