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Frank Gimlet, the hermit of Arbor Villa, and the bathing beauties

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1940?-1949?
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Gimlett, Frank E., 1865-1952
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Photograph showing Frank Gimlet, the Hermit of Arbor Villa (i.e. Arbourville), posing at his mail box with ten young women in bathing suits. Gimlet, aka Frank E.Gimlett, lived on the site of the abandoned mining town of Arbourville, Chaffee County. He authored “Over Trails of Yesterday,” a series of tales and poems, and entertained tourists in the 1940s.
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