Charles M. O'Donel Photograph Collection 1860-1950

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Charles M. O'Donel Photograph Collection 1860-1950

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The collection consists largely of photographs of the O'Donel family, their friends, and employees on the Bell Ranch. Pictures of O'Donel's original home in Ireland, family vacation spots in California, family shots in Denver, and trips to Mexico and Guatemala also form part of the collection.

5 boxes (551 photographic prints ; 33 x 25 cm., or smaller, 7 Photograph albums ; 26 x 26 cm., or smaller)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6404734

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Chase (Studio), Denver, Colo.

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O'Donel family

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O'Donel, Charles M., 1860-1933

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Charles M. O'Donel, ranch manager, was born in County Mayo, Ireland in 1860. Following his education "on the continent", he graduated from Sandhurst Military College, Britain's "West Point". O'Donel resigned a position as captain in the British army to come to the United States with his brother, Manus. They arrived in New Orleans; Charles continued on to Texas, where he started working as a cowboy in 1885. O'Donel arrived at the Bell Ranch on June 2, 1898 as general manager, succeeding Arthur J....

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