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A poster - originally hot pink, though this doesn't show in the scan - advertising the 1999 Summer Reading program. The text says: Summer Reading Program May Kids' NewsSouthern Peaks Public Library Go Wild! "Go Wild" with our summer reading…

An "Old Folks' Party" at the Richfield, LDS church in Richfield, Colorado.

Two scrapbook pages show people entertaining the attendees of summer reading program with accordions. Other photos show the children trying out the accordions and other instruments.

Vintage black and white aerial photograph of 6th Street in Alamosa. Several buildings and train cars occupy the foreground. A view of the Rio Grande river can be seen in the background as well as the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

Historic sepia photograph taken by photographer, O. T. Davis, of the Alamosa Fairgrounds. Large groups of people gather around the bandstands and several horse drawn carts and carriages dot the foreground. A large, hand painted sign is displayed on…

The building in the foreground was a stable. Just behind it is a single-roofed granary, and behind that is the log home where Maria Shawcroft lived with her large family from 1882 until 1891. Title applied to original was "The First Crop is Harvested…

Six photos show the proprietors of the alligator farm giving a talk to the attendees of the summer reading program. One photo features someone showing off a bearded dragon. Another shows a woman holding a tortoise. The next photo shows the tortoise…

Alpheus Valentine (1880-1929) and his brother John Alfred Valentine (1885-1918), born to Joseph Morgan Valentine (1856-1939) and Amanda Elizabeth Valentine (1860-1944). Photo taken in Manassa, Colorado.

Andrew and Christina Caroline Christensen Jensen (1856-1928), also known as "Aunt Stennie to Moroni". Andrew Jensen was brother to Maria Shawcroft. This picture was probably taken in Moroni, Utah, where they lived. Their youngest son, Delmar, was…

A historic sepia-toned photograph captures a tranquil rural landscape featuring an artesian well spraying water into a calm pond, set against a backdrop of distant, mist-covered snow-capped mountains.