Paseo en la colonia americana de Ávalos

The following 5 videos posted on YouTube on March 6, 2011 by vota48 show the inside of the Colony. It is rather sad to see what was a beautiful neighborhood, now deteriorating. I am so happy this video is available! Gracias vota48! I think this video shows Quinta #21, where my grandparents, mom and aunt [...]

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A Few Wilson Family Photos

My thanks to my Aunt Catina Wilson for these photos which include my aunt, my mom Flossy Wilson, my grandmother Catherine (Katie) Morris Wilson and Kenneth. A couple of these were taken outside Quinta #21 where my grandparents lived.

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Winter in Avalos

Do you have memories of wintertime in Avalos? Below you’ll find some Christmas photos shared by the Wildman Family, who lived in Avalos from 1946-1954 while their father, Horatio Wildman, Sr. was Superintendent of the Mill. During that time the Wildman’s lived in Casa #32. Included below are photos of my mom, Flossy Wilson, from [...]

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Quinta #21 in the Colony

A couple of photos taken at the 1994 Avalos Reunion. In one photo my mother Flossy Wilson Delgado is peering into her home. When she lived there, the front porch was not enclosed. The home had three bedrooms, one bath, livingroom/diningroom, kitchen, a pantry between the diningroom and kitchen, and a back patio. Laundry was [...]

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Friends at the Colony

Below are a two photos which include my mother Flossy Wilson Delgado and friends. I’ve added the third photo with the hope that someone can help identify the people in the picture and where it was taken. My grandmother, Catherine Morris Wilson, is seated in the last photo.

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Images of growing up in the Colony

A couple of photos of my mom, Flossy Wilson, as a young girl and as a teenager living in the Colony. In the first, she’s standing outside her home Quinta #21 in the Ávalos Colony. In the second, she and Lolita Bradford look soaking wet but happily so, with the middle garden in the background.

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Inside Quinta #21

A few photos of my grandparents, Renie and Catherine Wilson, with their grandson David Shupe and my mother, Florence Wilson. These were taken inside Quinta #21 at the Ávalos smelter colony in the late 1950′s.

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