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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.

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 scrapbook page shows Mountain Man Beaver Belly in period dress showing off a beaver pelt to the attendees at the summer reading program. One picture also shows him putting a fur hat on the head of one of the children.

This is a picture of the program "The Magic School Bus Visits the 500's - Beetles, Bugs, Butterflies and Books". In this picture the program presenter - Michael Weissman, Ph. D. - holds an unidentified insect in his hand. Several children and one…

This is a picture of the program "The Magic School Bus Visits the 500's - Beetles, Bugs, Butterflies and Books". This picture depicts the audience of the program - children sitting cross-legged on the floor, with some adults and older children seated…