I remember that Gene and Bob would bring fireworks to the home of Mildred and Pete Peterson in Affton, MO on July 4th. in the fifty’s. The Petersons were good friends of our family. I can also remember Gene inviting us out on a yacht owned by a drug company and we motored up the Mississippi for a while. That was around 1960 when I was 16. The negatives from the Colorado trip that I have printed were stashed in old envelopes that Henrietta kept. I don’t know what happened to the original prints. She died in 2011 at the age of 97. I found the negatives and printed them in my darkroom along with other photos that look to be from that same time. They show Henrietta’s mother Hilda Molin and stepfather Algot Molin and his 1939 Dodge. There is also a photo of a sign post in Victor,CO. with directions to Florence, Divide, and Cripple Creek. I have scanned a print of Gene, Henrietta and Ruth and a 1940 Pontiac with 1940 Missouri plates and would like to post it.

Hi Jeff- How exciting to hear from you! We also have photos from their time in Colorado- would be great to compare. You could tell us some of the ‘mystery people’ we have wondered about for so long.