Ávalos Picnic from Long Ago

Back in December 2010, I posted some pictures that I scanned from negatives that belonged to my grandparents. Here are four more photos showing a picnic in the Ávalos Colony garden. My guess is these were taken in the 1940′s. I love seeing my family in these photos.

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1926 Ávalos Flores Negras

From November 1926, here are the remnants of the first issue of a small publication with very romantic prose from Ávalos called Flores Negras. My grandmother Catita Morris and her sister Julia Morris are featured on page one. Maybe you’ll find a relative on the pages that remain. Does anyone happen to know if this [...]

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Ávalos Youth from the 1920′s

From my previously mentioned stack of negatives, a few photos which include my grandmother Catherine Morris, her sister Julia Morris and their friends.

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Black and White Negatives of Ávalos from Long Ago

I’m scanning this stack of old negatives which include the images below of an Ávalos smelter picnic in the Colony garden. I’m not sure of the date of these photos but I see my grandparents Renie and Catherine Wilson and my great aunt Julia Morris in a few of them.

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Ávalos Colony Pool

The Ávalos Colony pool looked to be a central meeting place for families and friends throughout the existence of the Colony. Before the time of my family video in 1939, through the 1950′s, to the 1970′s and even at the 1994 Ávalos reunion (a year after the plant closed), so many employees, their families and [...]

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Avalos Banjo Band

This photo courtesy of my mother, Florence Wilson Delgado, includes my grandmother, Catherine Morris and her sister Julia Morris (both in white on the ends). I believe this was taken in front of the Avalos smelter school in the latter 1920′s. If you have any additional information you’d like to share about the Avalos Banjo [...]

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Avalos Teens in the 1920′s

My thanks to my aunt Catina Wilson Shupe for these amazing photos which include my grandmother Catherine Morris and her sister Julia Morris in the 1920′s. I love seeing my grandmother in her youth! From left to right: Julia Morris, Viola Frink, Albert Frink, Catherine Morris and Lydia Frink. Below from left to right: Julia [...]

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