Breckenridge Babies in 1917

This photo was published in The Breckenridge Bulletin on November 9, 1917. Baby contests were traditional in Breckenridge, especially in conjunction with the annual street fair and Chautauqua celebrations. The competition was based on overall health as well as handsomeness.


1 Reva Carmen Groves13 Katherine Susanna Goll 25 Elizabeth Josephine Reecer37 Ada May Walker
2 Fern Gramer Yarbrough14 A. Rosalee Herbert 26 Clifton Morse K. Brubaker38 Raymond Kennedy
3 Clarence Veigh Hargrave15 Helen Irene McCollum 27 Donald Bogan Hall39 Marion Emmett Atterberry
4 Alta Evelyn Barker16 Robert Arthur DeVaul 28 Zelph Celindia Thompson40 Arthur Chester Gillespie
5 Karl Tull Davis17 Martha Rosalie Dewey 29 Donovan Reynolds Salisbury41 Mildred Louise Stout
6 Bertran LaVerne Holmes18 Virginia Elizabeth Trosper 30 Nettie Iona Pryor42 Mary Josephine Woolsey
7 Ruth West Mayer19 Maxine Berkshire 31 John Paul Scarlett43 Delbert Normal Gaston
8 Oscar LeRoy Newton Arms20 Virginia May Reecer 32 Esther James44 Freda Olivene First
9 Morene Moore21 Delilah Gertrude Pratt 33 Dean Russel Cutler45 Mattalu Muller Cox
10 Edgar Earl Terrill22 Helen Eunivee Mitten 34 Lloyd Karl James46 Emma Jane McKee
11 Robert Kepley23 Mary Margaret Benney 35 Junior Franklin Gaunt 
12 Ethel Louise Kelley24 Donald Edward Dolan 36 Margaret Genevieve Glick 


[Breckenridge Babies in 1917]


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