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- Breckenridge, South Park Line
- Looking southeast at Breckenridge, Colorado, the town's churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mount Baldy and its foothills are in the background.
- Baldy, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890-1899?]
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, frame dwellings and commercial buildings dot the scene. The Tonopa Shop with its monitor roof sits at the base of Barney Ford Hill and ruts lead up Illinois Gulch from the facility. Above...
- Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, the school, Fireman's Hall, dwellings and false fronted commercial buildings are interspersed with evergreens. The sheds, depot and freight cars of the Colorado and Southern Railroad are in...
- Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge from Nigger Hill
- Men and a Colorado and Southern Railroad train are on Barney Ford Hill (Nigger Hill) near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. The Tenmile (Ten Mile Range) and Breckenridge are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of Wapiti Mining Company's Office
- View of the interior of the Wapiti Mining Company office in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. A rocking chair with a cushion sits next to a wood stove and chimney in the center of the room. A lamp hangs over a desk in the corner, next to a...
- Wapiti Mining Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1894 Nov
- Blue River Hose Co
- The Blue River Hose Company poses on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding the leads to the hose cart which is in the background adorned with American flags. Their uniforms include conductor's caps and bib shirts with shield-shaped...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge and the Ten-Mile
- The Carter Museum in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, gable roofed, hewn log cabin with white chinking and a shed roofed extension on the left. A sash window is next to the door. Another, smaller hewn log outbuilding is to the left, and a...
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge, looking southwest
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southwest, shows the frame, gable roofed, one story Saint Mary's Catholic Church with a cross on its gable peak and a ladder on its snow dusted roof. It has a gothic door and windows, and a round window...
- St. Mary's Catholic Church (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Independence Hose Co
- The Independence Hose Company poses on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding the leads to the hose cart which is in the background. They wear conductor's caps, and white, pullover bib shirts with wide lapels. In the background, spectators...
- Independence Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge 1899
- The Denver Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building with a half round window in the gable with "Hotel" lettered under it. A line of sash windows are under the letters, opening to the balcony, which has a snowman on it. Snow...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Breckenridge
- In deep snow on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a snowbank fills the scene and buildings peek over it. To the right, the boardwalk and sawtooth arched balcony of the Denver Hotel have been dug out. A sign on the balcony reads "Denver Hotel."...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- Looking northeast on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a view of the Arlington House to the left, showing the rear supports for its wide corniced false front and its balcony topped porch. The belfry and hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall...
- Arlington House Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Porch of Denver Hotel, 1899-1900
- The porch of the Denver Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is possible next to huge snowbanks where fresh snow has fallen. Two men and two women stand under the open porch with its sawtoothed arches. The women wear heavy coats and feathered, capote...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Winter of the big snow 1898-99
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the balcony and second floor of the Denver Hotel show above deep snow. The "Denver Hotel" sign shows above the line of sash windows. A half-round window is centered over each word, in each of the two...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Black Lake
- Black Lake, near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado, is framed by peaks and foothills, they are reflected in the still water.
- Black Lake (Summit County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Reflections--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Jessie Mine
- View of the mill at the Jessie Mine near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Jessie Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1897]
- Chas Levy family
- Portrait of the family of Charles Levy, a prominent Jewish clothier of Breckenridge, Colorado. Men, women, and children's costume includes suits, topcoats, fedora hats, a pince- nez, applique, puff sleeves, a lace jabot collar, pearls, a silk tie,...
- Levy, Carrie.; Levy, Charles.--Family--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Main St. looking north, July 4, 1899
- Looking north up Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a view of the Fourth of July parade. In the left foreground, a hose cart adorned with American flags is being drawn by men marching in front of it; more marchers recede into the distance....
- Fourth of July--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- C.A. Finding residence
- In the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, a wood table with carved, polished legs and a lower shelf has a tasseled cover with a kerosene lamp, a seashell, and a portrait in a palette shaped frame atop it. It is flanked by rocking chairs,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- C.A. Finding residence
- Interior view of the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a full bookcase in the background with china plates, frames, and a pitcher atop it. A delicate, upright table next to it is made of machine parts and has a coverlet and...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- C.A. Finding residence
- Interior view of the Finding residence in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado; decor includes china plates, wicker chairs, a pitcher,a table made of machine parts, books, a seashell, a stove, drapes, a combination bookcase, plants, fans, ingrain...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Dredge, Summit County
- Ridson Company's Couch Dredge, in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The hydraulic placer gold mining vessel is under construction; miners pose by the furnace, trommel, and bucket-line.
- Gold dredging--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 or 1898?
- View down the Blue River
- View of the tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railway winding through hills along the Blue River and the town of Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows a train, a railroad trestle, snow fences, a snow shed, and forests on snow-covered...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Summit...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Chas Levy family
- Portrait of Charles Levy and his family on their porch in Breckenridge, Colorado. The successful Jewish clothier and dry goods store owner is in his sack suit and top coat, hands in pockets. His wife wears a dark skirt and a ruffled, puff-sleeved...
- Levy, Charles--Family--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Levy, Augusta.; Levy, Carrie.; Levy, Max.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- C.A. Finding residence, Breckenridge 1890
- The Finding family poses by the fence, near the open cutworked gate, at their home in Breckenridge, Colorado. A saddled horse and two dogs pose with them. Holding the horse's reins, Mrs. Finding is in a corseted black bodice with jockey points,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Parade uniforms of the 3 companies of the Red, White & Blue Fire Dept.
- Six young men of the Red, White and Blue Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their parade uniforms in front of a painted backdrop. They wear conductor's caps, with a variety of brim insignias, and pullover bib shirts in several...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- During the winter of the big snow 1898-99
- The banker and city treasurer, George Engle, and his wife, Gertrude, approach through a snow tunnel on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. He wears a topcoat, sack suit and gold chain, and fedora hat. She is in a puff shouldered bodice and...
- Engle, George.; Engle, Gertrude.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Main Street, Breckenridge.
- Businesses line both sides of snow covered Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. On the left, the Denver Hotel has a projecting sign reading "Evans Pharmacy." The two-story frame building features paired gables that share a low false front. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, Colo.
- View of Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows the schoolhouse, the belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, and the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Breckenridge, Colo, from Gibson Hill.
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southwest shows dwellings and commercial buildings of the town. Landmarks include two churches, false fronted structures and, in the foothills, numerous mining facilities. A frame, gable roofed structure is...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1899?]
- G A R Hall decorated for graduation exercises
- In the Grand Army of the Republic Hall, in Breckenridge, Colorado, the stage is draped in lace, bunting, and flowers, and a decorated tree is in the center. A woman and two children are seated and another woman stands by a chair. Palms, foliage...
- Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Colorado & Wyoming.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building featuring a gable roof with flat side extensions, a belfry, and a plate glass ground floor front with transoms. Lettering on the three front windows reads...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireman's Hall (Breckenridge, Colo)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mrs. Mary Dusing
- Portrait of two women and a girl in Breckenridge, Colorado; costume includes brocade and print fabric, puffed sleeves, a pointed cape collar, lace, a flounce, and a belt with a heart shaped buckle. Behind them is a hewn log house, with its door...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Dusing, Mary.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Silverthorne Hotel, Geo. Smith jewelry store
- Exterior view of the Silverthorne Hotel and the George Smith jewelry store in Breckenridge, Colorado. A two story, gable roofed frame structure is flanked by two flat roofed buildings. All have plate glass windows, some have curtains, and all share...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- C.A. Finding residence
- Interior of a study in the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a full bookcase in the left background, and in the right, a cluttered wooden table with a drawer and glass top. On it is a woman's portrait in an ornate frame, open...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main St., winter 1898-9, U.S. mail on snowshoes
- On south Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two-story, false fronted building on the left has a sign reading "Miner's Home Saloon." The next building, with its low false front flanking the gabled roof has a banner below its three sash windows...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898 or 1899
- O.K. Gaymon residence, Breckenridge, 1898
- In Breckenridge, Colorado, a frame, one story, cross gable roofed residence has a shingle roof, brick chimneys, a modified palladian window in the front gable, and a square bay and enclosed porch on the side. Faceted bays flank the front door under...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Tooley Shoe Shop, Stephenson Drug Store Main St. 1898-99
- False fronted stores in Breckenridge, Colorado, are seen through a trench dug in deep snow. A frame business with a "W.B. Stephenson Druggist Paints Oils Glass Wall Paper" sign and "drugs" lettered in the transom over the door is above a snowbank....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Ladies S.J.A. glee club 1897-1900 Breckenridge, Colo
- Members of the ladies' glee club in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose at the piano while Agnes Finding Miner plays the upright, sitting on a three legged stool. They wear high collared, puff sleeved blouses in various patterns and long gold chains, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guitars--1890-1900.; Pianos--1890-1900.; Singers--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1897-1900?]
- Breckenridge parlor
- A woman sits in the center of a parlor in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding an open book and wearing a bodice with high puffed shoulders, a lace collar, and a plunging, buttoned, jockey pointed closure with notched lapels. Her bishop style sleeves...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1892.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- County administration building
- In this view of a building in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two story, gable roofed frame structure with a false front with a bracketed cornice, and a paned window storefront on the main floor is visible. The four sash windows on the second floor, just...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Office of Finding Hardware
- View of the Finding Hardware Company office in Breckenridge, Colorado; Frank Christy leans on a credenza against the back wall. Shows books open on work area, a horseshoe clock, a hand-operated printing press, drum-shaped parlor stove, a polished...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1892
- Old school house, Breckenridge
- The old schoolhouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, seen from the northwest, is a frame, cross gabled, two story structure featuring a belfry with four sided arched dormers and a conical roof topped by a windvane with compass point indicators. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, winter 1898-9
- View of a rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. The steam dome and smokestack of a train show through deep snow and a strong blast of smoke comes from the stack. Men and equipment are ranged on the snowbank...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- Old school house, Breckenridge
- Looking to the southwest in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a view of the old schoolhouse, a frame, cross gabled, two story structure featuring a belfry with four sided arched dormers and a conical roof topped by a windvane with compass point...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- School, taken 20 of May, 1891
- Portrait of the students at the old school in Breckenridge, Colorado. The boys are simply dressed; most are hatless. The girls are in a variety of print frocks, many with lace collars. An adult is in the background on the right.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Silverthorne Hotel, George Smith, jeweler in doorway
- The Silverthorne Hotel and George Smith Jewelry Store in Breckenridge, Colorado, are housed in a two story frame structure with a shingled, gable roof. False fronted, gable roofed buildings, with plate glass windows and curtains all share a common...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Spruce Creek Falls
- In this view of Spruce Creek Falls south of Breckenridge, Colorado, a narrow crevice in jagged, stepped stone allows passage of the creek's water, which makes various turns and drops as it approaches the foreground. Evergreens grow from cracks in...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Spruce Creek Falls (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Uneva Lake
- View of Uneva Lake, north of Breckenridge, Colorado, includes evergreens that cover spits of land reflected in the still water, as is Wichita Peak which rises in the background.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uneva Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of a snow tunnel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is from the winter of 1898-1899, which brought record snow to Breckenridge. This was one of many tunnels that were dug on Main Street to allow passage for the townfolk. A smiling girl in high...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898 or 1899