Dear Friends,
I hope this finds you and your families safe and in good health during this challenging time. I’ve had the opportunity to speak with some of you recently and look forward to connecting with you all in the coming weeks and months. While Covid-19 has been tragic for many and difficult for all, it continues to put things into perspective and further clarifies what is important. My daughter has come home from school and our family has gone from four individuals running 100 mph in different directions to spending every day and dinner together.
I am grateful to be in Aspen with access to the beauty and quiet of the outdoors. As you can assume, like everywhere else, summer in Aspen is going to be different this year. Food and Wine and the Ideas Festival have been cancelled and the Music Festival will be delayed (hopefully not cancelled). This being said, with a solid snowpack, it should be a beautiful green summer.
In the spirit of looking to the future, we thought what better place to look than the past. The Aspen Historical Society maintains a treasure trove of images that always keep our spirits high and remind us what a special place this is.
Wishing you good health and peace,
Lex
CAPTIONS:
August 1980 issue of the Snowmass Affairs magazine with a photo of a girl in 4-H, Aspen Historical Society, Snowmass Affairs
Music Tent, 1964, Aspen Historical Society, Chamberlain Collection
AFD Cookie Fundraiser, 1977, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Jack Nicholson, @theapresski Instagram
Aspen Triathlon, 1984 , Aspen Historical Society
John Denver, Elsa Mitchell and Tom Brokaw, 1980, Aspen Historical Society
Josef Odermatt, 1975, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Sunbathers, @theapresski Instagram
Vintage Racing Poster
The Music Tent, 2018, Photo: David Stillman Meyer
Rugby Game, 1978, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
View of Aspen Mountain from Red Mountain Home, 2017
LCD Sound System at Belly Up 2018, Photo David Stillman Meyer
Aspen Court House, 2017, David Stillman Meyer
1Arts festival, 1970, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Snowmass Rodeo, 1983, Aspen Historical Society, Durrance Collection
Anina Paepcke Hamilton, 1970, Photo M. Durrance, Aspen Historical Society
Invitational Hot Air Balloon Race, 1976, M. Durrance, Aspen Historical Society
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, performing at Aspen Music Festival, 1977. The conductor is Sergiu Commissiona. Aspen Historical Society; Jill Richards
Aspen Alpine Cup Bike Race, 1976, Aspen Historical Society, Lindner Collection
Aspen Triathlon, 1986, Maroon Creek Road, Aspen Historical Society
21a. Chess Game, 1972, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Today Collection
. Unknown skiers, c. 1984, @theapresski Instagram
Rodeo Royalty W/J Rodeo, 1978, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Wine Cabin Picnic at Snowmass, 1970, Aspen Historical Society, Durrance Collection
Aspen Theater Project Play, 1978, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Hiking up Highlands Bowl, 1969, Aspen Historical Society, Lindner Collection
Sailing at Ruedi, 1969, Aspen Historical Society, Lindner Collection
AVSC skier, March 1967, Aspen Historical Society, Durrance Collection
Parasailing, 1989, Aspen Historical Society, Russell Collection
AHS Athletics, 1986, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Times Collection
Fred Iselin and his St. Bernard, Mumbo, circa 1960. Aspen Historical Society
Little firefighter, 1997, at the Aspen Fire Station. Photo: Joan Lane, Aspen Historical Society
Aspen Art Museum, 2018, Photo: David Stillman Meyer
