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Breckenridge, Colorado, loooking northwest from Nigger Hill

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Call Number	X-1947
Title	Breckenridge, Colorado, loooking northwest from Nigger Hill
Creator(s)	Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary	View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). Snow capped Tenmile range towers behind the fledgeling town, whose buildings are in the center. New growth surrounds spindly, burned evergreens in the foreground leading up to a dry ditch, and a gnarled, dead tree on the right.
Date	[between 1880 and 1889?]
Notes	At head of title: 516.; Formerly F20680.; Hand-lettering on back of stereocard reads: Breckenridge, Colo, looking northwest from Nigger Hill. Ten Mile Range of mountains in the distance. View taken from Upper Gold Run ditch on Nigger Hill. The R. R. line runs some 500 ft. above the point of view and about 1000 feet above the town.; Printed on front of stereocard: Photographed and published by W.H. Jackson, Denver, Colo.; Title from back of stereocard.; R7100019474
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on stereocard ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Subject	Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890. Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Stereographs.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F20680
Filename	10001947.tif