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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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Looking north down First Street toward Railroad Avenue in Gypsum circa 1916. Automobiles are parked in front of businesses, including the Gypsum Garage (Olesen's) on the right hand side and the Travelers' Hotel on the left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10. Joe H. Fear
11. Willis Staup
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Willis Staup stands in front of the Gypsum Garage. This photo was taken around 1918, as evidenced by the poster to the left of the door. This poster, titled, "Beat back the hun with liberty bonds," was first published in 1918, and was created by Frederick Strothmann. Staup enlisted in the United States Army on October 2, 1917, and served mainly in France and Germany during World War I. He was honorably discharged on April 29, 1919.