The red painted steel chair is 21 feet tall and ten feet wide, and the painted fiberglass pinto pony is six feet tall at the ears. The scale of this work is meant to recall that time in life when even everyday objects seemed monumental. The...
Thomas and Temperance Gully
The Thomas Gully family immigrated from Nenagh, the county town of North Tipperary, Ireland, to the mountains of Colorado in 1862. This included Thomas, his wife Temperance, their oldest daughter Bridget, her husband...
Inset text reads:
"Love is like a flower
Blooming in the heart.
Bringing sunny fragrance,
Setting cares apart
Keeping, through all seasons
Cheery, bright and true...
My love is a flower
Blooming just for you!"
From the Genevieve Fiore...
Family includes: Sharon Duncan Tucker, Lillian, Bessie DaVaun, Wendell Hamlet, Clarence Duncan and Katherine Patton Winks Panorama, (also known as Winks Lodge) was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado that served African-American tourists during the...
Tucker family: Warren Sr., Phyllis, Hope, Sharon, Linda and Wendell "Winks" Hamlet. Winks Panorama, (also known as Winks Lodge) was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado that served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century....
Two men stand on the stairs of Winks Lodge, (also known as Winks Panorama) was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado that served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County Club...
Photograph of two women of the Wonder family standing in the family's yard in Globeville, Colorado. Sections of this neighborhood were demolished to make way for Interstate 70.
Melba Hamlet and Vivian Hoopers (wife of Benny Hooper) stand outside near Winks Panorama, also known as Winks Lodge. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built...
Alberta Hamlet and Clifford Dixon stand outside near a well and outhouse at Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge in the Lincoln Hills County Club area in Pinecliffe, Colorado. The outhouse pictured was a WPA project. Winks Panorama was a hotel...
Alberta Hamlet and friend stand on the stairs of Winks Panorama. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County Club area which was the...
Linda and Warren Tucker pose outside in the mountains near Pinecliffe, Colorado in the Lincoln Hills County Club area which was the only African-American mountain resort in the western United States at the time.
This Valentine Card was given by my Grandfathers sister, Wanda, to my Grandmothers brother, Oscar in 1943. At the time they were both attending school in a one room building outside of Norman Oklahoma. Five years later Wanda would be married and...
Inset text reads:
"I love you, dear,
that's something
That you already know,
But it wouldn't seem
like Valentine's Day
If I didn't tell you so."
From the Genevieve Fiore Collection, Auraria Library Archives and Special Collections.
The Delaney family sold their land to the State of Colorado and the Toll Gate Reservoir and Irrigation Company in 1910, after which time tenant farmers and ranchers rented the property. The Delaney Round Barn, constructed c 1900, was converted from...
Muriel Hamlet washes dishes while a boy chops wood near Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln...
Here is a simple announcement of a distant cousin born in Oklahoma in 1967. Inside it reads: "Just have to share the happy news That has us so excited And let you know the reason Why we both are so delighted"
Lincoln Hills Country Club was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the Colorado mountains in the early 20th century. Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet,...
Mission Viejo panel from Aurora's Mission Viejo an Exhibit of Suburban History by the Aurora History Museum and the Mission Viejo Homeowners Association Inc. in 2007.
Scrapbook from the 50th Reunion of the class of 1927 from West High School. Included are photographs of students, programs, news clippings and other items. Some pages were not scanned as they were too fragile.
Photograph of May Victoria Whitsel with her brothers Sherman on the left and James on the right. Sherman was born on January 6, 1895 and James on December 22, 1896. May Victoria would later become the mother of Louise P. Chancellor Cary (Carey).
Winks Panorama, (also known as Winks Lodge) was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado that served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County Club area which was the only...
Winks Panorama and Tavern, (also known as Winks Lodge) was a hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado that served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County Club area which was the...
Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the mountains.
Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the mountains.
Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the mountains.